Bantam, New York, 1950, 1^st pr thus.  #748.  MMPB, 178 pages.  Good; wraps show light edge wear; scar on front wrap from sticker removal, some creases and toning, some reading creases; binding sound with a very slight lean, a few proud pages.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘A starving tribe of Cheyennes…  A Frontier of greedy, ruthless men…  A courageous Texan…  His woman…  And her husband!  These are the elements of Luke Short’s most unusual novel, a thrilling historical saga of the Indian grasslands – the story of a gambling man and the married woman he wanted.’ (from rear wrap)