When Barjack, the gunfighter with one name, drifts into gang-ridden Asininity as the appointed marshal, he pistol whips the Snake Martin bunch into jail. A school teacher pens a best-selling paperback on this new celebrity. Then Asininity finds it doesn’t need a Dime Novel hero. Asked to resign, Barjack proves stubborn but not stupid. After closing all the saloons but the money


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