THE SACKETTS.MUSTANG MAN [Paperback]

Louis L'Amour (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (1971)
• ASIN: B00127C580
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Western by the king of Western authors, December 26, 2011

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE SACKETTS.MUSTANG MAN (Paperback)

Nolan Sackett is riding ahead of a posse when he chances across a woman stranded alone in the middle of nowhere. Nolan hasn't lived this long by taking things at face value, and sure enough this woman is pure poison. Years ago, the Indians wiped out an convoy carrying contraband Mexican gold, and it appears that after all these years someone has finally figured out just where all that gold is. The key to the gold is Penelope Hume, and Nolan has taken a shine to her, and has decided to help her out. But, can Nolan keep her alive long enough to get the gold and get away with the loot? There's a lot of bad men after that gold, and Nolan's going to have to work hard if he is going to even keep himself alive!

This is another great Western by the king of Western authors - Louis L'Amour, and a part of his epic series of novels on the members of the Sackett family. This is a very good, two-fisted story with bad guys both honorable and dishonorable, and the hero of the story - an honorable and reliable man, tough and independent and determined to see a job through once he's taken it on. I really enjoyed this novel, and highly recommend it!

4.0 out of 5 stars SACKETT #10: NATHAN HUME'S WIFE'S DEATH ALLOWS GOLD SEARCH IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, July 19, 2007

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Kay's Husband (Virginia, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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I have all of L'Amour's books in hardcover from Bantam and every once in awhile re-read them. This book from 1966 is a middling read from Louis, one having to do with the Sackett family. The main character in this book is one Nolan Sackett, a descendant of Yance from the Clinch Mountain area in Tennessee, Nolan also appears in a few other Sackett novels, namely Mojave Crossing, and The Sackett Brand.

The area of the novel sweeps from the Texas Panhandle to New Mexico touching on the Indian Territory, with most of the action centered on Borregos Plaza to Romero and finally to the Rabbit Ear Mountains, or from an area bracketted by the Canadian River on the south to the Cimarron River to the north, with the Rabbit Ears Mountain being very close to Carrizo Creek. Whether the mountain was named because it looked from a distance like rabbit's ears, or because a Cheyenne chieftain named Rabbit Ears was killed and buried in the area, is not known. Although much gold is to be found in this area, this is also a very haunting, dangerous, rough area, at various times seeing many war parties of the Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa.

The area, however, is a much travelled through area with the Rabbit Ear Mountain being on the Santa Fe Trail. This area has high canyon walls and though providing water, is not inviting to anyone for a lengthly stay, with even very infrequent visits by the area's Indians who feel the area is bad medicine and full of evil spirits.

The time of this novel is approx. 1875-1879; while a time back Nathan Hume, a trader to Santa Fe, had wagons attacked here in which he was killed, but prior to his death hid the gold he was carrying. Two men did escape the massacre so news of the hidden gold was mentioned about by both Mexicans and Comancheros, but no one ever tried to find it, until Nolan is hired to guide relatives of Nathan Hume to the area. Opposing this venture is the Karnes family, meaner than a nest of rattlers, and the lowlife scum they've employed.

As true to most novels of the late Louis L'Amour, many adventures happen along the trail from the Palo Duro Canyon, Yellow House Canyon, Fort Griffin, Adobe Walls, Cross Timbers, and Llano Estacado (stake plain) among others. Our man Nolan Sackett is put to the test several times and is literally saved by the gal, named Penelope, he is guiding from his certain death.

With bullets blazing, hard riding, untrustworthy and evil companion, and 300 pounds of gold to be had this is a very readable novel. The novel is generally acknowledged to be #10 of the 18 in the Sackett series of books Mr. L'Amour left unfinished at his death in June, 1988. Though for me the book is only average for his talents it is a very enjoyable way to spend a few reading hours.

Semper Fi.