Ralph Compton blood on the prairie

Twenty years ago, Sherman Knowles was known as a fearsome gunslinger with an itchy trigger finger and a hot temper. Now he resides in peaceful Elam Hollow, and his gunslinging days are far behind him. He hasn't fired a weapon in over a decade and is happy for that to be the end of the matter. But when he receives a visit from his brother's widow, asking for his help in finding his kidnapped niece, Sherman is left with no choice but to pick up his guns once more and head out into the wilderness to rescue her before it's too late.