Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36236 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
Members of the Sackett family come from all parts of the West and converge under the Mogollon Rim to help Tell Sackett who is trapped and hunted by gunslingers from the Lazy A.

Customer Reviews

Utterly Beguiling
One of the most gripping and beautifully written books I have ever read, it makes you really want to join in the action and shout your support for the maltreated hero. I have read this book over fifty times, and it is time I got another copy because mine is now, thirty years after I bought it, falling apart, literally. But it still gives me that quintessential thrill whenever I pick it up and open at the first page. The only book I've read more is "Lord of the Rings"!
Get it and read it. It is one of the two most perfect westerns ever, the other being "Hondo", by the same author.

for my money, L'Amour's best
This book builds superbly, holding one's interest throughout. One can easily sympathize with Tell Sackett, being generally hassled for no good reason, and the hard confidence of his kin as they ride to his aid sets up two or three of the best scenes I've ever read in a Western, period. By the time they get there, you wish that you were yourself a Sackett--of whatever occupation--with the right to stand as one of the family when your relative is being ganged up on.

While the Sackett series is generally accepted as one of the best Western series out there, this one stands above the others. Words are used economically to portray the characters; L'Amour doesn't waste your time. I've probably read 200 Westerns in my life (not many, I realize), and if I could keep only one, this would be it.

This book has the makings to become a classic.
When I read this book I got a rush because I could tell it was a good one from the beginning. The Idea of the book was what got me interested in the first place. I had read some of the other Sackett books by Louis L'Amour and this one got me jumpin. It is just the Idea of every one coming to Tell's aide when he needs it the most. It has the makings of becoming a classic if more people would recognize it's greatness. I read it almost tree months ago and I can remember every bit about it. I am Seventeen and if I can like this book so much I am almost positive that others my age, older, and Younger would love it too. I loved reading it so much that I could not put it down.