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Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West

1921

William MacLeod Raine

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Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West

William MacLeod Raine

1921

American Literature, Novels

Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West is a historical novel by William MacLeod Raine, first published in 1921. The story follows David Sanders, a young cowboy who, after being wrongfully imprisoned, returns to a transformed cattle country where the oil boom has introduced new challenges and adversaries. The novel explores themes of personal honor and the clash between traditional ranching and the encroaching petroleum industry, set against the backdrop of the rugged American West.

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