Bear Creek Collection By Robert E. Howard

Breckinridge Elkins is the roughest, toughest, fastest-shootin, hardest-fightin feller in the Bear Creek settlement, and probably in the entire Humbolt Mountains. As he travels further from home, he single-handedly takes on outlaws, settles (and starts) feuds and tries his hand at romancing the girls. He also discovers a lot of strange customs among other folks, such as building houses out of boards and wearing clothes that aint buckskins. Set in Nevada during the late 1800s, this collection of stories is a great rollicking romp through the American frontier as seen through the eyes of one of the most enjoyable characters created in the history of tall tales.