Jack Scott in Texas; or, The White Wolf

Catalog Note *Jack Scott in Texas; or, The White Wolf* is a western dime novel by Edward Willett, serialized in this 1892 Beadle and Adams publication. The story opens in Redwood, a rough Texas settlement consisting of a few buildings where locals engage in gambling, horse-racing, and fighting. A well-dressed stranger arrives on a superior dark-brown mare. Local gambler Lee Crozier, having wagered he could produce a horse to beat Joe Jaypert's celebrated gray mustang, appropriates the stranger's mare without permission for a race. The stranger refuses and prepares to defend his property by force. The situation escalates until Kate, Crozier's cousin, intervenes, persuading the stranger to allow the mare to run against the gray mustang by appealing to his chivalry. Crozier agrees to terms, and preparations begin for the race. The narrative focuses on frontier honor, property rights, and the stranger's immediate attraction to Kate.