Product Description

Battle-hardened Tom Kedrick is hired by Alton Burwick to drive a pack of renegades and outlaws from his land, but soon Kendrick suspects that he is fighting for the wrong man and that he is the only one who can stop a massacre of innocent men and women. Reissue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67069 in Books
• Published on: 1983-05-01
• Released on: 1983-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780553279931
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
Alton Burwick was itching to make a big land grab at Yellow Butte. But first, he had to drive the tough band of squatters from the range. So he rounded up a bunch of killers for the job, and hired Tom Kendrick to ramrod the crew, never mentioning that they would be fighting innocent men and women. Suddenly Kedrick realized he would have to do something fast--before Burwick's mob turned Yellow Butte into a wasteland.

From the Inside Flap
Alton Burwick was itching to make a big land grab  at Yellow Butte. But first, he had to drive the  tough band of squatters from the range. So he  rounded up a bunch of killers for the job, and hired  Tom Kendrick to ramrod the crew, never mentioning  that they would be fighting innocent men and women.  Suddenly Kedrick realized he would have to do  something fast--before Burwick's mob turned Yellow  Butte into a wasteland.

About the Author
Louis L’Amour is undoubtedly the bestselling frontier novelist of all time. He is the only American-born author in history to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his life's work. He has published ninety novels; twenty-seven short-story collections; two works of nonfiction; a memoir, Education of a Wandering Man; and a volume of poetry, Smoke from This Altar. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print worldwide.

Customer Reviews

READS LIKE A GREAT OLD FASHIONED WESTERN MOVIE
JUST LOVED THIS BOOK , MR LAMOUR LETS US DELVE INTO THE MIND OF HIRED GUNS AND THE DECISIONS THEY HAD TO MAKE. ALSO THERE IS A BIT OF MYSTERY IN THE STORY LINE. IN FACT IT HAS EVERY INGREDIENT ROMANCE, ADVENTURE, ACTION AND TRAGEDY WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK. READ IT AND ENJOY

SHOWDOWN ON THE HOGBACK


This is one of the early books written by Louis L'Amour, dating from a 1953 ACE paperback book released under the 'Jim Mayo' name he was using at the time. While the manuscript was first published as a short story under the title "Showdown On The Hogback".

The story is pretty straight forward with a man, Tom Kedrick, being hired in New Orleans by an organization named Burwick, Keith, and Gunter, trying to gain money from the government by evicting the "squatters, outlaws, renegades, and wasters", from certain lands in the area of Mustang and Yellow Butte. Kedrick quickly finds out in the town of Yellow Butte that the people on the land have been there some as long as ten years with many others at least a couple years. They are honest, hardworking people and they are about to be swindled by the Burwick, Keith, and Gunter 'land combine'.

Also, the organization is aware, as the settlers are not, that all this land will soon be set aside by the U.S. Government as a preserve and reservation as areas for the Navajho and Ute Indian tribes. Now that Tom Kendrick realizes what is about to happen he finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a shooting war with lead throwing gunhands on each side. Through the pages that follow events transpire quickly leading to a final, deadly showdown at Yellow Butte.

An early story from the pen of Louis L'Amour from the days of pulp westerns and later as a best selling ACE and Bantam softcover western.

Semper Fi.

Neither Red nor Green
This book, though a classic regular western as any of the other L'amours is not what you could call the best, like Daybreakers, or Last stand at Papago wells. The action part is not as fast paced as usual, with less emotions emanating in you. Moreover, the courting and love part is also desultry. If you generally like the westerns of L'amour, you can read it in one go, but the high points are few and far apart.