Wild Frontier #6

Davy Crockett must race against time to stop a Creek warrior from reaching his village and alerting the tribe to an undefended settlement. When troops leave to escort a wagon train, a young woodsman spots two scouts near the stockade—and one escapes into the forest, determined to bring reinforcements. Crockett pursues on foot across twenty brutal miles, knowing the settlement's fate hangs on whether his endurance outlasts the runner's speed.

When a brutal winter threatens Dan'l Boone's frontier settlement with starvation, the legendary scout must contend with desperate settlers willing to steal from their own community—and discover an unexpected alliance that could save them all. As Boone tracks down a thief endangering the entire group's survival, a chance encounter in the wilderness leads him to forge a bond with a neighboring people who possess the food his starving people desperately need. "The Year of the Famine!" proves that in the harshest conditions, trust between former enemies can be the greatest resource of all.

Lewis Dell arrives in the rough Texas frontier determined to establish a newspaper and report the truth—but his gentle manner makes him an easy target for outlaws and gunmen who see him as easy prey. When Jim Bowie joins his outfit, the mild-mannered newspaperman discovers that his new companion has a talent for convincing the town's hardened residents that cooperation might be healthier than resistance. As Dell's first edition hits the streets with a controversial story, he learns that sometimes the pen needs the backing of steel to survive in a land where might makes the rules.

A dapper Easterner named Sam Loring returns to the frontier to claim his late brother's riverfront plantation, only to discover that rough opportunists have already moved in—and won't surrender it without a fight. Stripped of his fancy clothes and forced to remember his wilderness skills, Loring proves that a year back East hasn't dulled his nerve or his knowledge of the wild. By the time he's done, the squatters learn the hard way that the "dude" is every bit the formidable Loring his brother was.

Big Bow and Little Arrow tangle over money and a wager when Little Arrow claims he can double Big Bow's cash—but the con involves a covered can, a bit of sleight of hand, and a trick that might teach Big Bow a lesson about trusting his clever friend. What begins as a simple bet spirals into a hilarious reversal when the true nature of the stakes is finally revealed.