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100 1 _aTuttle, W. C.
_q(Wilbur C.),
_d1883-1969
245 1 4 _aThe mark of Cain
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from the Summer, 1948 issue of Giant Western magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-10-03
508 _aRoger Frank
520 _a"The mark of Cain by W. C. Tuttle" is a Western novelette written in the mid-20th century. It centers on a legendary gunman who tries to bring law and decency to a violent railroad boomtown, confronting a ruthless saloon boss and a past identity mystery marked—literally—by the “Mark of Cain.” The story follows Streak Malone, who accepts the marshal’s badge in Silver Butte and recruits outlaw Mack Shell as his deputy to face Zero Brant, the crooked kingpin behind the Silver Dollar Saloon. Streak kills imported gunfighter Dan Corteen, thwarts a masked shakedown of honest rival Jim Flack’s new Eureka Saloon, and fights through a drunken mob that wrecks the Eureka and sets it ablaze. In the chaos he rescues roulette dealer Clare Ames, who reveals Streak’s true identity as Keith Delmar and that the killer who framed his past bears an M-shaped scar—the “Mark of Cain.” Streak then confronts Brant in the Silver Dollar, recognizes the brand in Brant’s scarred brow, and battles him while knives and dynamite threats swirl. Brant flees, is thrown by Streak’s outlaw horse, and dies, ending his grip on the town. With order restored, Flack inherits the Silver Dollar, young cowboy Joe East reunites with singer Mazie, and Silver Butte turns from terror toward justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago, IL: Best Publications, Inc, 1948
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aMarshals -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the Summer, 1948 issue of Giant Western magazine.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/giant-western-v-02-n-01-1948-summer
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76975
999 _c117699
_d117699