Sugarfoot by Clarence Budington Kelland

When Two Men Hate Each Other To The Utmost – And Love The Same Woman Just As Passionately – Not Even The Vastness Of Arizona Can Hold Them!

"A story of pioneer Arizona, after the Civil War. Jackson Redan, of gentle Southern blood, learns the hard way when he comes to Prescott. His mentors are a wise Jewish merchant, a far seeing saloon owner, an outspoken landlady, and his enemy, Jacob Stint, given to lawlessness and ruthlessness. Their quarrel comes to a head over Reva, singing in the saloon, but wanting a respectable life, which "Sugarfoot"" can give her once he has beaten Stint. Good workmanlike job of action and color." –Kirkus Reviews

Into Arizona, untamed frontier of outlaws, schemers and gambling hells, came:

SUGARFOOT JACK REDAN, ex-soldier, fresh out of the aristocracy of the south, eager for a place in this raw, barren land;

JACOB STINT, shrewd, ruthless, brawler, lusting for a new world to conquer;

REVA CARIN, who sang in the town's most famous saloon – but she was no saloon-girl, even if the ladies of Prescott shifted their skirts aside when she walked by…

Drawn together by bonds of hate, love, lust and desire for their own place in the vast lands of the West, all three would be present at the frontier's most terrifying shootout.

"Mr. Kelland delineates the emotions of his lovers with a psychological penetration exceptional in Western fiction narratives, and shows equal craftsmanship in the action scenes." –NYTimes