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Gunfire breaks the desert silence, and a lone rider must decide how to meet the danger.
In Charles Alden Seltzer’s Western adventure, 'Drag' Harlan, a rider crosses burning sand on Purgatory, his dust-covered black horse. He hears distant shots but cannot place their source. The Kelso water hole promises relief by sundown. Until then, every patch of cactus and every outcrop of rock demands a careful look.
The rider pours water into his hat for Purgatory and takes barely enough to moisten his own lips. Then he checks his rifle and pistols. Care and readiness sit side by side in this harsh country. Harlan’s story explores loyalty, personal honor, and the weight of choosing what is right where courts offer little help.
What you’ll discover
- A horse worth trusting Meet Purgatory, whose sharp hearing catches danger before his rider can recognize it.
- Danger without a face Feel the tension as distant shots turn empty sand into a place of possible ambush.
- Kindness under hard conditions Watch a thirsty rider put his horse first, sharing precious water from his hat.
- Honor beyond written law Explore what justice asks of a gunfighter when his own code must guide him.
- A desert that tests resolve Cross a landscape of scorching glare, hidden rattlesnakes, and distant mountains with an alert rider.
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For readers who love classic Western adventure, with horses, gunfights and a hero guided by honor, and anyone drawn to loyalty tested by danger and justice on the lawless frontier.
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- A hero ruled by a personal code
- Loyalty tested by danger
- What justice means beyond the courtroom
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« Drag » Harlan
by Charles Alden Seltzer · 1921
A gunfighter must choose between the law on paper and his own code where justice rests on honor.
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Drag Harlan is a Western novel by Charles Alden Seltzer, an American writer who made his name with tales of cattle country, rough justice and men who live by a personal code. Seltzer wrote in the early twentieth century, when readers in eastern cities were hungry for stories of the open range.
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The West as a place of rough law
Seltzer belongs to the tradition of the popular Western, which grew in the years around 1900. In these stories the frontier is a country where courts are far away and trouble is settled by individuals. Ranches, small towns and open trails form the stage.
In such a setting, a person's reputation matters as much as any badge. A man is known by what he does with a gun and by whether he keeps his word. Readers of this kind of book learn to watch for who can be trusted.
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Who wrote Drag Harlan?
Drag Harlan was written by Charles Alden Seltzer, an American author of popular Western fiction. He died in 1942 and produced many novels set in cattle country during the early twentieth century.
What kind of book is Drag Harlan?
It is a Western novel, a form of adventure fiction set on the American frontier. Readers meet riders, ranchers, gunfights and a hero who follows a strict personal code.
Is Drag Harlan a true story?
It is fiction. Seltzer wrote it as popular entertainment in the early twentieth century, drawing on the common image of the Old West instead of recording real events.
The author
Charles Alden Seltzer
1875–1942 · American Western novelist
Charles Alden Seltzer (1875–1942) was an American writer of Western novels. He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, and lived in Ohio. His books include The Range Boss, published in 1916, and 'Firebrand' Trevison, published in 1918. He also wrote 'Drag' Harlan, published in 1921. He died in 1942.
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