The Rustlers of West Fork

Hopalong Cassidy heads west to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his old friend, Dick Jordan. When he arrives at the Circle J, he discovers that the rancher and his daughter, Pam, are being held prisoner by a desperate band of outlaws led by the ruthless Avery Sparr and his partner Arnold Soper. ***......more

Beau L'Amour writes a lengthy after words explaining how his father denied having written any of the Hopalong Cassidy novels. Beau is emphatic that his father did this out of some stubborn desire to hold on to an old lie. But really I think he denied writing the Hopalong books, because they're silly......more

There's a reason Louis L'Amour disavowed writing this novel. It's obviously a beginner's effort. It is a Hopalong Cassidy novel his family republished after his death. It captures the stereotypical mystique of the old west. I still maintain I was born in the right century.......more

My first Louis L'Amour novel was picked from the shelves of the library at the retirement community that my parents winter at in Florida every year. It seemed an appropriate setting for reading my first book by my grandfather's favorite author. That book was The Trail to Crazy Man, and I loved it. I......more

L'Amour would not admit he wrote this Hopalong Cassidy book while he was alive because he felt that it was just fulfilling a contract. He wrote it under a pen name and never accepted it as his work. He did not create the character and he was told who many of the characters would be. Even though he d......more