"Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Brender, Judge Brender's missing son-- the same Rap Brender who had joined guns with Silver's oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Brender, they shared a common enemy-- ever since Brender's partner tried to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to kill-- for Silver's honor and his life!"--

In "The Law Dodger of Windy Creek" (first published in 1932), Sam Leader, wrongly imprisoned for murder, escapes to confront the man who could prove him innocent. "Trail of the Eagle" (1933) is the tense tale of Barney Dwyer, who helps Len Peary escape from jail only to become a wanted man and the target of Peary's gang. In the title story (1932), Speedy is a young loner who outwits even the deadliest man without the use of a gun. But he cannot resist...

Tucker Crosden has taken his pregnant, prize-winning pit bull on a trapping trip with him. She gives birth but she and most of her litter are killed by Black Wolf. One pup escapes, running to the cave of Black Wolf's mate, La Sombra, who is nursing a litter of her own. To Black Wolf's disgust, La Sombra insists she has given birth to a white wolf. She trains White Wolf to overcome his dulled senses and "blind nose."

"Speedy had become deptuy sheriff of lawless Sunday Slough so he could settle a score with the men who had robbed his friend Piers Morgan. Gambler Sid Levine had stolen Morgan's rich claim; Sheriff Buck Masters had shot the miner and left him for dead. Now Speedy, a troublemaker, was also marked for murder. The slight young drifter, who carried a guitar instead of a gun, looked like easy prey for his ruthless enemies, but somehow he was as strangely...

Striking fear in the heart of anyone who hears his name and thus staying in control of his area of the Old West, outlaw and renegade leader Charlie sees his reign drawing to a close and decides to choose a successor.

The legend of Robert Fernald is narrated here in three related short novels. Fernald had been raised from childhood by his uncle with endless tales about the great days of the Wild West and the escapades of his father and Wild Bill - with a certain vagueness about which side of the law Fernald's father was on. Now Robert is back in the West with no ambition but to pursue exploits like those he grew up hearing about.