Branded Outlaw: A Tale of Wild Hearts in the Wild West (Western Short Stories Collection) - Softcover

L. Ron Hubbard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592122582 ISBN 13: 9781592122585

Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA), 2011

Synopsis

When Lee Weston's father writes him that an old enemy, Harvey Dodge, is back in town, Lee rides out in a hurry from Wyoming to Pecos, New Mexico only to find his father murdered and the family ranch burned to the ground. Certain that Dodge is to blame, Lee sets off to settle the score but gets into a fiery Colt showdown in the town of Pecos. Severely wounded, he flees into the mountains just before passing out. As fate would have it, Dodge's beautiful, yet headstrong, daughter, Ellen, finds Lee's unconscious body and secretly nurses him back to health. But when Lee insists on continuing his plan for revenge, he gets himself into a heap more trouble false accusations, a near lynching at the hands of an angry mob and the scorn of the only girl he ever looked at more than once!

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Review:

"In the grand tradition of Louis L'Amour."
--Audio World

"In the grand tradition of Louis L'Amour." --Audio World

"Shoot-'em-up action, bad bad guys, heroes cut from the
cloth of classic Western heroes, true love, and the final resolution
as law and order and justice triumph."
--KLIATT

"In the grand tradition of Louis L'Amour."
--Audio World

"Grades 7-10 -This reissue of a pulp-fiction Western from the 1930s, one in a series of many, has all the cliches required at the time for a successful shoot-'em-up. Lee Weston is a gunslinger from Wyoming who comes to town at the behest of his father, who sends word that he is having trouble with the local big-money character named Dodge. Lee arrives just in time to learn of Pa's death, and now he is riding hard to find the mangy dog who shot him. Along the way, he meets and falls for Dodge's beautiful daughter, so there is a bit of Romeo and Juliet woven in as Weston fights off the bad guys and tries to win the girl. In less than 100 pages there is a lot of action, blazing 45s, and cowpoke language. The glossary of period terms and phrases, a history of pulp fiction, and the biography of Hubbard are a big part of this book's attraction. Put "Branded Outlaw" in the hands of reluctant readers. The fact that they know exactly what to expect and that the characters are simple and straightforward can be a bonus for them." -School Library Journal

"This reissue of a pulp-fiction Western from the 1930s, one in a series of many, has all the cliches required at the time for a successful shoot-'em-up. Lee Weston is a gunslinger from Wyoming who comes to town at the behest of his father, who sends word that he is having trouble with the local big-money character named Dodge. Lee arrives just in time to learn of Pa's death, and now he is riding hard to find the mangy dog who shot him. Along the way, he meets and falls for Dodge's beautiful daughter, so there is a bit of Romeo and Juliet woven in as Weston fights off the bad guys and tries to win the girl. In less than 100 pages there is a lot of action, blazing 45s, and cowpoke language. The glossary of period terms and phrases, a history of pulp fiction, and the biography of Hubbard are a big part of this book's attraction. Put "Branded Outlaw" in the hands of reluctant readers. The fact that they know exactly what to expect and that the characters are simple and straightforward can be a bonus for them." School Library Journal "

"In the grand tradition of Louis L Amour." Audio World"

"Hubbard appears to have possessed the flair of greats Louis L Amour and Zane Grey when recounting wild west encounters." The Sanford Herald"

About the Author:

As one of the 20 top bestselling authors of all time, with more than 325 million works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard stands alongside an illustrious company of writers. But he also stands alone as an author who actually lived many of the stories he wrote."

About this edition

• Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1592122582
• ISBN 13: 9781592122585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1008