A collection of 11 stories illustrating the way of the West: the need to fight against the bad in order to keep the good, and the struggle to maintain friendships, family, love and even honor.

Presents eight stories of survival on the Western frontier based on actual events. Includes historical notes for each story.

The open West was a land where wanderers could find themselves a home--a home to fight for, to be changed by, sometimes to die for. Jed Ashbury was one such journeyman, taking on the identity of a dead man. Allen Ring was another: he'd won his plot of land in a card game only to find he had to win again with a gun. From a has-been boxer to a ranch hand taking on his bosses' troubles, the characters in these classic Louis L'Amour short stories are...

Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight-a soldier's wife and a fortune in old-knowing that someone wanted him dead. Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the...

The title story "With These Hands" is a powerful tale that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit, as an oil company executive finds himself the sole survivor of an Arctic plane crash. Fighting for his life against the perilous cold and looming starvation, he resists the temptation to surrender to death--only to discover a life-affirming strength he never knew he had. Vivid in scope and displaying the diverse talents of a master storyteller, the...