Introduction / by Peter Glassman From Shane / by Jack Schaefer From Lonesome dove / by Larry McMurtry Top hand / by Luke Short A buffalo hunt / by Nat Love The gift of Cochise / by Louis L'Amour The blood bay / by Annie Proulx Three-ten to Yuma / by Elmore Leonard From The secret life of cowboys / by Tom Groneberg Twelve o'clock / by Stephen Crane From Riders of the purple sage / by Zane Grey Shallow graves / by E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott I woke up wicked / by Dorothy M. Johnson The bandana / by J. Frank Dobie From The Virginian / by Owen Wister Wine on the desert / by Max Brand From Biting the dust / by Dirk Johnson Hewey and the wagon cook / by Elmer Kelton From Breaking clean / by Judy Blunt The reformation of Calliope / by O. Henry Long ride back / by Ed Gorman Home on the range / by Brewster Higley