SYNOPSIS

Bart Maverick knows the only way into the millionaires' nightly poker game in King City is by ingratiating himself to the town's wealthiest widow. But Bart doesn't expect his personal attentions to the beautiful Belle Morgan will, quite literally, become such a trainwreck.

ENCYCLOPEDIA MAVERICANA

Abbot, Martha • Alaska • barber • Barnes • Bella Union Hotel • Blackburn • Bloomer, Miss • Brasada Country • Brasada Pass • Brasada Spur engineer • Brasada Spur  • California • Canton • Cartwright, Avery • Chaseville • Chicago • Chisholm Trail • Elgree, Rufus • Ellis, Doctor • five-card stud • Great Western engineer • Great Western Railroad • Greenbriar • Hanley • Hogan, Horace • jacks up • Junction City • Kansas • Kansas City • Kansas Pacific Railway • King City • Lazarus • MacGregor, Dorritt • maitre d' • Mardi Gras • Maverick, Bart • Maverick, Bret • Maverick, Colonel • Maverick, "Pappy" Beauregard • McKenna, Terry • Morgan, Belle • Morgan, Cyrus K. • Mumford, George Hart • New Orleans • New York City • Orton, William • poker • Sheppley, Adam • Stafford, Roy • Stage and Sports • steward • telegrapher • Texas • tinhorn • Tophet • Tuckeroo, Doctor • Western Union Telegraph Company, the • Union Club • Van Horne, John • waiter • White • Yum Yum

Listings in italics are not specifically mentioned by name in the story, but are inferred through other contextual references.

FURTHER READING

"Kansas West: An Epic of Western Railroading" by George LaVerne Anderson — Golden West Books, 1963