The Twilighters

Loomis, Noel M.

Published by The MacMillan Company, 1955

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THE TWILIGHTERS, Noel M. Loomis, hardcover with a dust jacket (price-clipped), stated first printing, 1955. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in fine condition with no dog-ears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The green cloth boards are in good condition (shelf rubbing along top and bottom edges, some discoloring around the edges, spine bumped at top and bottom). The dust jacket is in fair condition (intact but with tears and edge chipping/creasing, age-toning inside, shelf rubbing). 8 ¼ x 5 ¾, 208 pages, 13 ounces XX [From the dust jacket] ' 'I am the law!" roared Mat Foley. Old Mat was a powerful man, sure enough: owner of a huge valley in Kentucky, despotic ruler of his eight children and their families, one of the richest men in the Western Country in the early 1800's. Anyone who set foot on Mat's domain without his permission was playing with fire. But even a king can miscalculate his power. Mat himself started a fire he couldn't control. He had a young boy whipped for trespassing, and allowed him to be killed by another member of the Foley clan. The aroused settlers literally smoked the Foleys out of the valley. Mat's dynasty in Kentucky was over. But west of Louisiana lay the rich territory of New Spain ? enough land to satisfy even Mat's greed. It was here that Mat decided to establish a new empire. Mat's wagon train did not escape notice on the journey toward Tejas. Sam Mason, who led a gang of degenerate cutthroats, knew that $60,000 was riding with the Foleys. To get that much money, Mason's men would kill ? and kill for the love of killing as well as for the gold. Sooner or later Mat's wagon train would have to enter the Twilight Zone, a vast, Godforsaken tract of land between Louisiana and New Spain. Waiting there were the sinister Twilighters, a band of ruthless men whose cruelty and avarice far surpassed Mat Foley's. Here is a flaming story of a death struggle between the forces of greed and hate, told with bruising realism. [About the author] Noel Loomis was bound to know the West. His birthplace, Wakita, was still part of the Oklahoma Territory when he was born. His father was editor and publisher of many newspapers throughout the West and Southwest, and Noel Loomis was raised in a number of towns that still retain the lusty, wide-open flavor of the Old West. Mr. Loomis, a past president of the Western Writers of America, is a serious student of our Western heritage. Seller Inventory # 001532

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Twilighters

Publisher: The MacMillan Company

Publication Date: 1955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Edition: 1st Edition