Glendon Swarthout

Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy and ne'er-do-well Briggs to escort them east to safety.

This novel lampoons the current invasion of the Old West by new pioneers from the East. Seeking the rough-hewn virtues of the land of sun and cactus, they only stamp its native sons with their own chromium-plated brand. In his search for the Old West of romantic legend, Professor H. Carleton Cadell of Connecticut, with rich wife and teen-age step-daughters, arrived at that outpost of civilization ? Scottsdale, Arizona. They bought a house on Sarcophagus...

Set against the backdrop of the 1916 war against Pancho Villa, Thomas Thorn, a career Army officer, is given the task of leading five Medal of Honor candidates to the military base of Cordura, Texas. Branded a coward during battle, Thorn hopes to learn what these men possess which he lacks. As the journey through the desert progresses, the "heroes" panic, attempting murder, mutiny and rape as the quest for survival reveals their true characters.

Four coeds from snowbound Penmore University know that the only place to be during Spring Break is where the boys are. The rites and wrongs of the spring migration of thousands of college students to sunny Fort Lauderdale are celebrated in an era-defining film that combines a cast of 1960s up-and-comers with youthful hijinks and a cautionary will-she-or-won't-she storyline of sex and romance. So many chances for love. So little time!