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100	1		_aJames, Will, _d1892-1942
245	1	0	_aOn the dodge
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aProduced from the January 1930 issue of Redbook Magazine.
500			_aIllustrated by the author.
500			_aRelease date is 2026-04-10
508			_aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
520			_aOn the dodge by Will James is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Centered on frontier justice and survival, it follows a drifting cowboy who is mistaken for a bank robber and must outwit a posse, recover his stolen buckskin horse, and prove his innocence. The narrator tracks his stolen horse, is seized by a posse, and spends a tense night under guard at a ranch, where a sympathetic young woman helps him escape with a fast mount and supplies. After a long chase and clever evasions—mixing his trail with mustangs and ditching his saddle—he stumbles on the outlaws’ hidden camp and his buckskin. An ambush leaves him bound, but he feigns injury, draws a hidden boot gun, and sparks a close gunfight that wounds him and drops one outlaw. The posse, drawn by the shots, arrives to capture the remaining men and reveal their wounded companion as a government agent. Cleared at last, the cowboy rides away on his buckskin, thinking of the girl who believed in him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cChicago, IL: The McCall Company, 1929
653			_aShort stories
653			_aWestern stories
653			_aAdventure stories
653			_aCowboys -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/sim_redbook_1930-01_54_3
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78416
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