Your last part was in a western by William W. Johnstone. Smoke Jensen, the main character, said if one lawyer were in town he did not make any money. If there were two, both got wealthy. He did not like lawyers. The series was “The Last Mountain Man.” If you have not read them, do so. He also wrote “The First Mountain Man” with Preacher as the main character. The most popular series was called, “Out of the Ashes.” There were others, too. I have most of them on my iPad Kindle.
William Jonstone was prophetic, just 30 years to soon. I thought we were going to be living the Out of Ashes series until Mr. Trump was President-elect. Then there was a BIG sigh of relief.
He was certainly a prolific writer until his passing. I think one of his family members is finishing out some of his manuscripts.