The Rifleman (novel)

The Rifleman is a 1959 novel written by Cole Fannin and illustrated by Henry Luhrs. It was published by Whitman Publishing Co. and copyrighted by Four Star-Sussex.
In 2019, the book was republished by Wildside Press, LLC. (ISBN 978-1-4794-4590-5).
==Description==
The 2019 republished edition is 282 pages long and contains illustrations every handful of pages. It is written in third-person past tense and primarily follows with Mark McCain's point of view. The book features the main 3 characters from the show (Lucas McCain, Mark McCain, and Micah Torrance), references other characters (such as Doc Burrage), and also introduces a few new characters, such as Lucas's sister-in-law Susan Benteen and her daughter Madge.
==Official blurb==
"I've got a piece of advice for you," said Lucas McCain. "Don't hang around North Fork."
It was Trav Benteen standing before him, an old friend who had taken the outlaw road long ago. Now Trav wanted to stay awhile in North Fork. And Lucas McCain knew, even as he spoke, that all the words in the world wouldn't keep this dark-haired Texan from doing what he wanted to do.
Trouble stayed with him. Robbery and shooting were everyday occurrences, and suspicion walked the streets—suspicion of anyone who had ever known Benteen. Young Mark McCain learned what it was like to sit up all night waiting for raiders to attack—knowing the only defense was the rifle that never left his father's side.
Mark wanted to pull his own weight as half of the McCain partnership. But it was not until the Texas outlaw made his most desperate play, and a little girl's life was in danger, that he got his chance. What happened then makes a thrilling climax to this dramatic story of The Rifleman—a man who is building a fine future for himself and his son and is willing to fight for it.
- 2019 edition
==Copyright card (1959)==
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