While chasing down cattle rustlers, his mortal enemy shoots another rustler, Shorty.
After the title character is made a foreman, he is forced to track down a series of cattle thieves, ending with the capture and death of one of his close friends, Steve. The hero meets his future wife when he fishes her out of a stagecoach that was trapped trying to ford a river. While chasing down cattle rustlers, his mortal enemy shoots another rustler, Shorty. In the end, the hero, over the protests of his love Molly Wood, is forced to kill his enemy Trampas in the showdown. For 10 points, identify this prototypical Western novel by Owen Wister.
After the title character is made a foreman, he is forced to track down a series of cattle thieves, ending with the capture and death of one of his close friends, Steve.
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