Another Ace for Ananias

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. W. C. Tuttle's cowboy humor rides straight into the gap between frontier honesty and the glorious art of lying. In this rough-and-ready Western comedy, Telescope Tolliver, Chuck Warner, Muley, Henry Peck, and Ricky Henderson turn tall tales into a way of life, where every boast, excuse, and insult can snowball into disaster. When Telescope's harmless bragging about being a bachelor, ranch owner, husband, and father begins to unravel, Chuck tries to "fix" the story by impersonating him and making the lies believable. But the scheme only grows wilder as invented wives, borrowed babies, telegrams, and visiting relatives pile up into a farcical family reunion. Disguises go wrong, misunderstandings multiply, and even a supposed spouse turns out to be Muley in costume, while a kidnapped Indian child is passed off as family. Through drunken bluster, porch-side chaos, and slapstick confrontations, the story skewers cowboy vanity, courtship, and the myth of frontier respectability, all while celebrating the quick-witted camaraderie of men who can never quite stop talking themselves into trouble.