High Vermilion (1948) is a Western novel written by the American author Luke Short.

But he has a hidden past which comes to light when two new arrivals in town reveal his earlier misdeed.

Will he run away, as he has before, or will he stay and help Dutch and his pretty daughter and lay the ghosts of his past to rest?

An edited version of the story first appeared as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post In 1947.

[4] The story was filmed as Silver City (1951) starring Edmond O'Brien and Yvonne De Carlo.