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The Death Shot

by Thomas Mayne REID (1818 - 1883)

'Brasfort'

The Death Shot

Long time since this hand hath penned a preface. Now only to say, that this romance, as originally published, was written when the author was suffering severe affliction, both physically and mentally—the result of a gun-wound that brought him as near to death as Darke’s bullet did Clancy. It may be asked, Why under such strain was the tale written at all? A good reason could be given; but this, private and personal, need not, and should not be intruded on the public. Suffice it to say, that, dissatisfied with the execution of the work, the author has remodelled—almost rewritten it. It is the same story; but, as he hopes and believes, better told. Great Malvern, September, 1874.

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A Change of Programme , A Man Nearly Mad , A Pathless Plain , A Resurrectionist , A Strayed Traveller , A Transformation , Alone With the Dead , An Unexpected Visitor , At Length the 'Dead Shot' , Coyote Creek , Helpless and Hopeless , Hostile Cohorts , Hours of Agony , Mestizo and Mulatto , Shadows Behind , Surrounded and Disarmed , The Prairie Stocks , The Scout's Report , The Voice of Vengeance