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Trouble Shooter: A Hopalong Cassidy Novel

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First of all, I liked this Louis L'Amour book greatly. I like L'Amour's slick and heroic character, Hopalong Cassidy. The book has a great plot and all. In the beginning Hoppy looked for the PM ranch which his friend Pete Melford owned. The people in town say they never heard of him. Hoppy meets Cindy Blair, Pete's niece and Rig Taylor. They can't find the ranch either. Hopalong meets Pike Towne and his wife Sarah. They try to get a job from Colonel Justin Tredeway. Their job is to pull cattle out of the prickly pear forest. They go through the brush and gather cattle. They know Tredeway has been there long so they might find what happened. Will they find out what has happened? How long will it take? How close will Hoppy come to death? Who will die? Who may have gotten rid of Pete Melford? There are many page-turning incidents throughout this Louis L'Amour classic. Get this book today! For you or a western fanatic! If you haven't read any westerns now is the time to start! A whole line of over a hundred L'Amour novels and short story collections are at your fingertips

I realize that Louis L'Amour had his reasons for not ever publishing these books himself and that was certainly his business. But I am thankful to his family for bringing them out to be enjoyed after his death. I know a character like Hopalong Cassidy had to have certain restrictions and perhaps that is why L'Amour was less than happy with this work. I have to say, after reading many books by this author, that this Hopalong Cassidy definately has a Louis L'Amour flair about him. The fight scenes have L'Amour style all over them. Other parts give him away as well. It is an enjoyable book.

This is the last book of Lamour's Hopalong Cassidy series. Gave it to my son as a gift. He says it is not as good as the first three.