Jackson Gregory

When a stagecoach is robbed of ten thousand dollars by a peculiarly tall highwayman, suspicion falls on Buck Thornton -- because of his height. At six-foot-four, he seemingly is a match for the figure spotted by the stage's passengers. But Buck knows he isn't the burglar. . . . small towns on the frontier have little or no law at all. There's no court to convince, no judge or jury to argue with to prove one's innocence. What there are are mobs that form spontaneously, convinced (as mobs will become) of what is obvoius -- even when it isn't so. In the land where survival of the fittest is the law, Buck must find the highwayman -- and save himself from the hangman.