Scout Detail and Stagecoach

Two Ernest Haycox westerns in one collection

"Scout Detail"

Lieutenant Parke Stobo was assigned to take twenty-five men, a guide, and three days' rations into the mesquites by way of Pete Kempel's ranch. Stobo was also instructed to give the greenhorn Lieutenant Wells a taste of the country. It should have been just a routine detail.

"Stagecoach"

This is the story that led to the classic John Ford and John Wayne 1939 movie of the same name. Listen as a small group of travelers ride their way to their destination trying to avoid the dangers of the trail, including the famous Geronimo