Trouble Shooter (Hopalong Cassidy Novel)

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Summary: Louis L'Amour's Trouble Shooter
Review: 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

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Summary: This one is like a loose pack instead of a solid six pack
Review: I've found that only part of this book is good enough to be called a typical L'amour's good writing. The plot is too loosely knitted with random twists. Also, if L'amour's frontier guy Hoppy is smart enough, he should not ride a WHITE horse, the worst color L'amour said a smart westerner would have chosen, even that Topper is a smart one. Hoppy should have been dry-gulched long long time ago on the back of that white horse. This book also dragged too long and not concentrated enough to be called a good writing. It should be shorter, about 2/5 shorter. Then it would be better.