This is an original collection of three short novels by Max Brand. In The Gold King turns his back, young Miriam Standard returns to her father's ranch determined to learn the business, but she discovers she has a lot to learn when she makes the statement that she will marry any man who can bring in Gold King, the wild mustang. In The three crosses, a practical joke gets out of hand and turns an earnest cowboy into a hard-riding yahoo. The abandoned outlaw is a story about the life long rivalry between two men and what happens when one of them is forced to take the outlaw trail.