Cactus and Rattlers

An adventure novelette set in the American West, indicative of early 20th-century literature. The story follows the main character, Sagebrush Beam—a rugged, eccentric desert dweller—who navigates life in Stovepipe Springs, a quiet town filled with interesting and unusual inhabitants. When a peculiar new arrival, Professor Percival Henry J. Tompkins, shows up looking for desert fauna, it sets off a chain of events that intertwine their