Mad Amos

Mad Amos by Foster, Alan Dean. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780345393623.

MOVE OVER, PAUL BUNYAN--MAKE WAY FOR MAD AMOS MALONE! Strange things lurk up in the mountains and out in the plains and deserts of the West, but few are as unique as the giant mountain man named Amos Malone, the man some call Mad Amos, though not to his face. But when the world gets weird, theres no one whos better to have on your side... Is a renegade dragon harassing the men laying the rails of the great railroad? Are headless Indian spirits driving you from your land? Is that volcano threatening to destroy your settlement? Then Mad Amos is the man for you. Plus, two new, never-before-published stories in the Mad Amos canon: NEITHER A BORROWER BE: When a horse thief sets his sights on stealing Amos faithful mount Worthless, he gets more than he expects...for Worthless isnt exactly an ordinary horse... THE PURL OF THE PACIFIC: Mad Amos takes to the high seas on a whale of an adventure and thwarts a vengeful South Pacific island shaman at his own game... Ten delightful stories of dragons, jackalopes, snake-oil salesmen, iron horses, and, of course, the incomparable Mad Amos Malone from the incredible imagination of world-class storyteller and bestselling author Alan Dean Foster!