The Legend Maker (The Gunsmith)

Clint Adams was anything but stagestruck when huckster and legend maker Oscar Marsh gave him star billing in "The Great Wild West Outlaws and Gunfighters Show." The Gunsmith joined up with the ludicrous road show just to make a quick getaway from John Rankin—the brash, murderous sheriff of Tucson who suspected Clint of fooling around with his pretty fiancée. Now, the chase is on. The Gunsmith has a prison sentence hanging over his head, the sheriff's fiancée in his arms, and half the lawmen in Arizona after his legendary hide...

J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers." He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award. 2013: Mr. Randisi received the President's Award (which recognizes a major career contribution to excellence in Western literature) from the ReadWest Foundation.