The Bodacious Kid - Stan Lynde

When eighteen-year old Merlin Fanshaw rode into Progress County, Montana, all he was looking for was a job as a cowhand. What he found instead was a sheriff who arrests him for being a horse thief. His only hope is to find the real thief, and the sheriff's given him just two weeks to do it. Merlin's troubles multiple when he crosses paths with to very different lawmen, one charismatic outlaw chief, and a pretty girl--who each have their own special plans for him."Stan Lynde is a master of imagery. His characters have depth and breadth. He used dialogue that is both colorful and real. The plotting displays substance and imagination. What else is needed for first-class Western fiction? Nothing."--Roland Cheek, Syndicated Newspaper Columnist|The Bodacious Kid is what John Ford would have called 'a cracking good yard,' with enough hairs breadth suspense, tangled destinies, surprising loyalties and astonishing betrayals to suit the most demanding devotees of adventures fiction."--Michael H. Price,Fort Worth Star Telegram/New York Times News Service