Comanche Peace Pipe: The Old West Adventures of Fish Rawlings

In the character of Fish Rawlings, Dearen seems to have combined the youthful exuberance of Samuel Clemens' Huckleberry Finn with the adventurous independence of Rowdy Yates (a young Clint Eastwood) from the old popular television series "Rawhide." . . . For today's young readers who did not grow up with those television western series that starred young men like "Wagon Train's" Barnaby West, "Rawhide's" Rowdy Yates, and "The High Chapparal's" Blue Cannon, the Lone Star Heroes Series helps fill the gap. -- REVIEW OF TEXAS BOOKS, SUMMER 2002.

The first book in a series for young readers [ages 8-13] featuring eleven-year-old Fish Rawlings and his cousin Gid, who try to prevent a battle between the Comanches and the Anglo wagon train in 1867. An outstanding debut to new territory for Dearen, and as usual, he does a masterful job.