PREFATORY NOTEThis book is a novel. The town of Warlock and the territory in which it is located are fabrications. But any relation of the characters to real persons, living or dead, is not always coincidental, for many are composites of figures who live still on a frontier between history and legend.
The fabric of the story, too, is made up of actual events interwoven with invented ones; by combining what did happen with what might have happened, I have tried to show what should have happened. Devotees of Western legend may consequently complain that I have used familiar elements to construct a fanciful design, and that I have rearranged or ignored accepted facts. So I will reiterate that this work is a novel. The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction.
1. Journals of Henry Holmes Goodpasture
August 25, 1880
DEPUTY CANNING had been Warlock's hope. During his regime we had come to think, in man's eternal optimism, that progress was being made toward at least some mild form of Law & Order in Warlock. Certainly he was by far the best of the motley flow of deputies who have manned our jail.
This book is for my son Tad
Wester Literature Series
Warlock by Oakley Hall was originally published by Viking Press in 1958. The 1996 University of Nevada Press edition is published by arrangement with the author.
The paper used in this book meets the requirements of American National Standards for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Binding materials were selected for strength and durability.
University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 895577 USA
Copyright 1958, 1986 by Oakley Hall
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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