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Noel M. Loomis: Rim of the Caprock (Gunsmoke Western) (Paperback, 1953, Bantam Books)

Walk spent four years in the war. He spent six years under carpetbagger rule trying …

Ticks all the boxes

This is a good pulpy western; there's adventure, there's fist fights, there's good-hearted protagonist, a plucky sidekick, a headstrong love interest, rotten bad guys, savvy Indians, and noble horses. You think everything's going to go alright, then it goes to hell, then everything gets set right by the end. What more can you want?