written in collaboration with W. Franklin Sanders, published apparently without Willeford's approval. |
FIVE ON FIRE Junior: "She tried to back through the wall to get away from me, but I caught her and squeezed. I'm strong. It wasn't no worse than wringing a chicken's neck." Dixon: "The bonus will be one thousand apiece - if they are alive and you bring them here to me." Kay: "I remembered that other time. I was only sixteen. The punishment still makes me shudder - but it was also thrilling, exciting." Madge: "This guy wasn't treating me like a pro. To him I was just a roll in the hay if he played it right. For me, that's progress." Elsworth: "Junior'll kill that feller as sure as God made little green apples, and I'm gonna stand and look and laugh as he does it."
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This book was originally called DELIVER ME FROM DALLAS, and a version exists under that name. This published version is to some accounts inferior to it, and has been somewhat toned down - apparently by Sanders - to get it published as Gold Medal had turned it down in 1951.