The Cobbler of Spanish Fort, published here for the first time, kicks off this collection of short fiction by Johnny D. Boggs. A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing tells the story of an Arizona frontier family from the viewpoint of an upright grand piano. A Comanche warrior imprisoned at Florida's Fort Marion attempts to paint his way to freedom in Comanche Camp at Dawn; Buffalo Bill Cody and his wife fight it out to save their marriage in The Cody War; and Wild Bill Hickok umpires a baseball game in Kansas City in Umpire Colt.