Charles Alden Seltzer (August 15, 1875 – February 9, 1942) was prolific author of short stories and westerns novels, several of which were adapted into silent movies. He served as Mayor of North Cleveland in 1930-1935.
This long out-of-print western novel, first published in Argosy in 1918, was the basis for the classic Tom Mix silent film Fame and Fortune.
Wandering cowboy Clay "Slow" Burgess finally returns home to Palo and discovers that his father, the town banker, has been murdered and his ranch taken by Big Dave Dawley, a vicious land baron who rules the territory with absolute terror... and bloody violence.