Buster Crabbe #3

When a traveling wild animal show rolls into Foolsgold, a tiger escapes its cage—but that's only the beginning of Buster Crabbe's troubles. A federal agent investigating a major bank robbery turns up dead, seemingly killed by the escaped cat, and the townspeople demand the animal's blood. Crabbe suspects the tiger is being used as a cover for something far more sinister, and he's determined to uncover the truth before an innocent man hangs.

When two hunters encounter a terrifying creature on a forbidden mountain and flee in terror, Buster Crabbe and Whiskers are called in to investigate—but the legend of Kagagak, an ancient Indian evil spirit, may be far more than local superstition. Following strange tracks to an extinct volcano's crater, the pair discover the truth behind the "ogre" and must decide whether to expose what they've found or let sleeping secrets rest.

When pioneers pushed westward, rawhide became as essential as the rifle itself—used for everything from clothing and furniture to rope and nails in a land where manufactured goods were scarce. Before the great cattle drives transformed the frontier, hides were treasured commodities, so valuable that rustlers would risk their lives hunting them down. This exploration of how rawhide shaped the survival and commerce of the American West reveals a humble material's outsized importance to frontier life.

When Sheriff Commodore P. Owens rides into Holbrook, Arizona in 1887, the town's residents quickly dismiss the long-haired newcomer as an easy mark—especially when he announces his intention to arrest the deadly Blevans brothers, four of the most feared gunfighters in the territory. What unfolds on September 4th becomes a legendary test of nerve and marksmanship, as Owens faces down the entire clan with nothing but a rifle and unwavering resolve.