Project Gutenberg 2025-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 223 Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.) 1883 1969 Tuttle, Wilbur C. Tuttle, Wilbur Coleman Kuhlhoff 1903 1972 Kuhlhoff, E. H. (Elbert Herman) Kuhlhoff, Pete Dancing Devil range $aNew York, NY :$bShort Stories, Inc., $c1948. Produced from the October 25, 1948 issue of Short Stories Magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "Dancing Devil Range" by W. C. Tuttle is a Western novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Hashknife Hartley and his partner Sleepy Stevens, two itinerant cowboys who find themselves embroiled in the mystery and turmoil engulfing the Dancing Devil range around Christmastime. As financial ruin and violent crime threaten the struggling ranchers and townsfolk, Hashknife's reputation as a solver of range mysteries positions him at the heart of efforts to untangle several interwoven crimes, including bank robbery and murder. The book is likely to appeal to readers who enjoy classic Westerns with mystery and strong character dynamics. The opening of "Dancing Devil Range" introduces the main characters, Hashknife and Sleepy, as they arrive in Northgate by freight train, only to witness a murder moments after disembarking. The atmosphere is tense, with poverty, a recent devastating bank robbery, and a relentless crime wave casting a pall over the region. As they move to Tomahawk Flats, they learn of another brutal killing—this time, a young woman named Chiquita Morales, whose death shakes the community. The narrative builds around the struggles of local families such as the Davidsons and Frawleys, the deepening suspicions surrounding the bank robbery, and the fate of Johnny Davidson, wrongly accused and jailed based on circumstantial evidence. Hashknife and Sleepy navigate a landscape of suspicion, grief, and hidden motives, gradually unraveling the links between ranch politics, love affairs, and criminal schemes—all while under the constant threat of violence as Christmas approaches. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/short-stories-v-206-n-02-1948-10-25 20250309175537tuttle 1948 US Reading ease score: 94.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Western stories Detective and mystery stories Bank robberies -- Fiction Hartley, Hashknife (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Stevens, Sleepy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels 131523 2025-07-30T06:29:23.350932 text/html 106754 2025-05-09T09:32:25 text/html 704545 2025-07-30T06:29:27.326917 application/epub+zip 706743 2025-07-30T06:29:24.537953 application/epub+zip 191575 2025-07-30T06:29:23.806952 application/epub+zip 1342523 2025-07-30T06:29:29.192962 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1335312 2025-07-30T06:29:26.665925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120501 2025-07-30T06:29:23.059978 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100756 2025-05-09T09:32:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18099 2025-07-30T06:29:29.333913 application/rdf+xml 29982 2025-07-30T06:29:24.039949 image/jpeg 4810 2025-07-30T06:29:23.920928 image/jpeg 818607 2025-07-30T06:29:23.372989 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia