Amos Flagg was a good sheriff, and the town set up a day to honor him, but that happened to be the day Ira Krug, the richest man in the Panhandle, picked for his wedding. Then Billy Jowett rode in to kill Krug for stealing his girl and was shot down by Krug's hired gunman. Things really got bad when the local ranchers went out to get revenge, and Amos Flagg had to ride out alone to stop the bloodshed. Clay Randall was a pen name of Clifton Adams, (1919-1971). Under this byline he wrote six novels about a western sheriff named Amos Flagg. He authored nearly 50 books and over 125 short stories, it is truly a shame that he died so young at age 52. He was still in his prime as a writer, having just won two consecutive Spur Awards for Best Western Novel from the Western Writers of America, first in 1969 for Tragg's Choice and in 1970 for The Last Days of Wolf Garnett. He had also recently been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. Amos Flagg was a good sheriff, tough as leather and mean as a hungry bear. It is Flagg's job to keep the drunks orderly and prevent the cattle drovers from shooting up the town. But wherever he turns, trouble seems to find him. Even in the shape of his gambler father or being ambushed by a gang of killers or being the target of a vengeful widow. Flagg's Colt never stays in its holster for too long.
