The Riders of High Rock

Louis L'Amour gets the award for volume (150 or so books) and perhaps should get the award for most hours of entertainment--considering how fast he must have cranked these out, they're not that bad. The style is out of date now--so much 'telling' where showing would work better, but his structure of......more

Hopalong rode into cattle country just east of the California line looking for his old friend Red Connors. He found Red holed up in a mountain cave with a bullet in his side and a story to tell. The ranchers around Tascotal had been losing their stock, and when Red caught the rustlers in the act, th......more

This book is an excellent introduction to Hopalong Cassidy and his companions, including Red Connors and Mesquite Jenkins. They encounter a group of people who are stealing cattle and changing the brands. They use their skill and careful observation to learn how to recover the stock and bring the th......more

I am truly amazed at the knowledge of Louis L'Amour that he had of the country terrains and plants etc in which the story has been written. I only wished there had been a map included as it was in one of his other books that I had read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.......more