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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1969
He was a loner - he had always been a loner. He was as covered with spines as any porcupine. He was cantankerous and edgy. Outwardly easy-going, he shied away from people, wary of the traps surrounding people that could lead to trouble. Yet once in trouble, he knew of no other way than to fight it out to a finish.
To be a man was to be responsible . It was as simple as that.
This novel has a sub-plot of sorts.
An overly romantic woman living alone with two children ties pages of poetry of her own making and her own observations on the land on which she's been abandoned and pining to the tumbleweeds that blow past her sad little cabin in the wilderness.
She and her two adolescent children -her husband's children from a previous marriage and abandoned along with her by her dim-witted husband, fight off renegade Apaches. By themselves.
Alone.
This sub-plot slows down the action but pays off in the end.
If you absolutely have to read a L'Amour Western novel, this will do.
Recommended to L'Amour newcomers.
I liked it despite myself.