FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAMERON JUDD—TWO NOVELS THAT BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE OLD AMERICAN WEST The Quest of Brady Kenton Western reporter Brady Kenton has made his living with the power of his pen—capturing the conflict and the courage of the American frontier. But there's one story that has always eluded Kenton: the truth behind his wife's purported death in a fiery train crash. Victoria Kenton's body was never found. Now, a nervous young Englishwoman has shown up in Leadville, claiming to be Kenton's long-lost daughter. The truth about Victoria's fate may be close at hand...but so is a killer. Kenton's Challenge Brady Kenton is dead. Or is he? The man whose pencil and sketchbook brought the living, breathing frontier into the homes of thousands of magazine subscribers, Kenton has been eulogized in the very publication he worked for. But one man—his sidekick and publisher, Alex Gunnison—knows the real story. But he cannot guess how many desperate people have already been swept up in Brady Kenton's secret war, and how far one man will go to see Kenton die...again.

Brady Kenton is dead. Or is he? The man whose pencil and sketchbook brought the living, breathing frontier into the homes of thousands of magazine subscribers, Kenton has been eulogized in the very publication he worked for. But one man--his sidekick and publisher, Alex Gunnison--knows the truth. That Kenton fled to England in search of the brutal criminal who kidnapped his wife. Now, Gunnison must spring into action. In a Colorado mining town, Kenton has been sighted and a storm of violence has erupted. Gunnison knows that if his friend is truly back in Colorado, he may be in mortal danger. But he cannot guess how many desperate people have already been swept up in Brady Kenton's secret war, and how far one man will go to see Kenton die--again...from bestselling author Cameron Judd comes Kenton's Challenge.

Confederate Gold Enoch Brand never met a fight he couldn't resist. His wife Minnie had the same problem with men. Then Minnie finally ran off from Enoch, while the two were headed home to Tennessee. Now Enoch has gone charging after her—running straight into a gun battle, a one-handed ex– Confederate soldier, and a storm of lies, betrayal, and greed that all comes down to one thing: a a fortune waiting to be claimed. The only trouble is, it's killing those who want it most. . . Dead Man's Gold In a remote mining camp in California's rugged Sierra Mountains, a small group of men, women, and children are weathering a slow winter—until a band of trigger-happy, whiskey-slugging thieves comes in search of stolen gold. But what these ruffians didn't count on is having to reckon with the Underhills in a fiery battle that will leave some six feet under...and others rich beyond their wildest dreams.

With over one million of his books in print, Cameron Judd is one of today's foremost authors of the American West. Here Judd pens a compelling historical novel with the elements of mystery, ghost story, and Western woven brilliantly together. Welcome to Leadville. A melting pot of Irish and Swedes, steelworkers and scam artists. Growing faster than it can bear, tainted by the soot of smelters and the smell of whiskey, Leadville is the town where two reporters carrying pencils, pads and six-guns will meet their match. Brady Kenton, America's foremost traveling reporter, has come to the violent mining town to sniff out a story for Gunnison's Illustrated American. Alex Gunnison, son of the famous publisher, comes along for the ride, as Kenton's assistant and to keep the trouble-seeking journalist out of harm's way. But with a dead body found and lost, and an innocent boy running from a killer, the two men have more than a story on their hands. They're searching for a Civil War criminal who may be alive and well in Leadville-and up to his killing ways again...

Two classic, bestsellers by Judd--novels of adventure that breathe new life into the old American West--are collected in this single volume. Reissue.

 In American Westerns, the main characters are most often gunfighters, lawmen, ranchers and dancehall girls. Civil professionals such as doctors, engineers and journalists have been given far less representation, usually appearing as background characters in most films and fiction. In Westerns about the 1910 Mexican Revolution, however, civil professionals also feature prominently in the narrative, often as members of the intelligentsia--an important force in Mexican politics. This book compares the roles of civil professionals in most American Westerns to those in films on the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Included are studies on the Santiago Toole novels by Richard Wheeler, Strange Lady in Town with Greer Garson and La sombra del Caudillo by Martin Luis Guzman.

Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure—figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy—and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies. About the only things these self-taught artists have in common are an utter lack of conventional tunefulness and an overabundance of earnestness and passion. But, believe it or not, they're worth listening to, often outmatching all contenders for inventiveness and originality. A CD featuring songs by artists profiled in the book is also available.