Western tale by a teenage James Thurber published for first time
The Columbus, Ohio, native would remember fondly such "nickel novels" as "Jed, the Trapper" and "The Liberty Boys of '76," and was so caught up in the gun duel of Owen Wister's "The Virginian," he became physically ill. Inevitably, Thurber sketched out a couple of tales himself, including "How Law and Order Came to Aramie," completed when he was around 18 and unpublished for more than a century.
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