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Leading Western, March 1946

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About this issue

This March 1946 issue of Leading Western contains five Western stories. The featured complete short novel is "Rainbow Express" by Giff Cheshire, concerning Lex Quigley, who operates a treasure express from gold fields and becomes entangled in a murder and theft scheme requiring more than luck to survive. Mark Lish's novelette "Amateur Outlaw" features Steve Quade, mistakenly branded a cattle thief and killer, unaware of his antagonist's danger. Short stories include Adolph Regli's "The Fiddler Pays Off" about gunman Fiddler Dixon; Frank D. Compagnon's "A Coward Dies a Thousand Times," exploring split-second life-or-death decisions; and Henry Norton's tale of Con Martin uncovering mysterious sabotage alongside disaster in logging camps. The issue also includes a non-fiction feature on South American tree-ants, describing their lethal properties and use by jungle tribes in executions and warrior initiation rituals.

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