Too many options? Treat your friends and family to their favourite stores with a Bayshore Shopping Centre gift card, redeemable at participating retailers throughout the centre. Click below to purchase yours today!Purchase Here
Coles Nerves of Iron: Restored Classics to Go Edition at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
Magpie Simpkins and Ike Harper drift into Spotted Dog, a frontier town where law, politics, and gunfire are all part of the same crooked game. There they meet Stonewall Jackson, a tiny, terrified marshal who has been trapped into office by High-Card Hammond and Whisperin' Wilson, two gunmen who really run the place. Stonewall is expected to marry Eveline, a formidable woman who believes he is a fearless hero, even though he can barely face a showdown without shaking. In this comic Western, bravado matters as much as bullets, and a man's reputation may be built on bluff, rumor, and careful storytelling. As the town's absurdity grows—councilmen shooting over civic disputes, burros taxed as nuisances, saloon crowds trading tall tales—Ike and Magpie are pulled deeper into the chaos. Ike's card-playing earns him respect, but also danger, when Stonewall storms a saloon and violence erupts. The climactic showdown reveals how far everyone will go to preserve appearances: Stonewall's shells are loaded with dough, his menace is staged, and even his "armor" is a joke. In the end, the men survive by nerve, quick thinking, and sheer absurdity, leaving Spotted Dog's legend intact and its heroism gloriously uncertain. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
Magpie Simpkins and Ike Harper drift into Spotted Dog, a frontier town where law, politics, and gunfire are all part of the same crooked game. There they meet Stonewall Jackson, a tiny, terrified marshal who has been trapped into office by High-Card Hammond and Whisperin' Wilson, two gunmen who really run the place. Stonewall is expected to marry Eveline, a formidable woman who believes he is a fearless hero, even though he can barely face a showdown without shaking. In this comic Western, bravado matters as much as bullets, and a man's reputation may be built on bluff, rumor, and careful storytelling. As the town's absurdity grows—councilmen shooting over civic disputes, burros taxed as nuisances, saloon crowds trading tall tales—Ike and Magpie are pulled deeper into the chaos. Ike's card-playing earns him respect, but also danger, when Stonewall storms a saloon and violence erupts. The climactic showdown reveals how far everyone will go to preserve appearances: Stonewall's shells are loaded with dough, his menace is staged, and even his "armor" is a joke. In the end, the men survive by nerve, quick thinking, and sheer absurdity, leaving Spotted Dog's legend intact and its heroism gloriously uncertain. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
Coles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and great selection of books. Along with the vast array of magazines, stationary, audio-books, children's literature, fiction, non-fiction and reference books, you can find accessories to make your reading experience more pleasurable. We can recommend the very best in reading today. We will help you search our titles for exactly what you need, and if we do not have it in stock, we will order it for you.
