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Trouble Shooter

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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.

I'm a huge fan of the late Louis L'Amour and have bought and read 24 of his westerns, 3 short story collections, his sci fi Haunted Mesa, The Last of the Breed, Lonesome Gods, Walking Drum and his first book of poems...Smoke from This Altar. INMO one of America's greatest authors and not just a Western writer but much more. L'Amour the only author to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and The Presidential Medal of freedom by President Reagan.

The originator of the classic Western hero Hopalong Cassidy was Clarence E. Mulford. When he retired he passed the torch to the younger Louis L'Amour to write Hopalong Cassidy novels. L'Amour wrote 4 in the series...all best sellers.

Trouble Shooter is great. Hopalong Cassidy saves a man from being dry gulched and takes an interest for a young lady losing her ranch and it "disappearing". He is able to temporarily disguise himself with the name Cameron as he wanted no trouble as he is extremely fast with a gun. We see him and others teeming up to gather cattle that got loose in bad prickly cactus and thorny trees for an evil rancher Tredway. Tredway is actually a wanted outlaw that has killed at least 11 men or more...many in the back. Also the lust 3 outlaws had for $60,000 in gold and two of them murdered. Lots of beautiful scenery description and a great plot in this book. Lots of fighting, gun fighting, cattle collecting, lots of murders, double crossing and "Frontier Justice" given out. Cassidy uses his brain a lot to get out of trouble , but when needed is very good with a gun.

This book is a Western Classic. No wonder it was a best seller. I liked it so much, I plan to buy the other 3 best sellers in the Louis L'Amour Hopalong Cassidy book series at used prices to read and add to our family library. If you like Westerns you will love Trouble Shooter. 5 stars.