North to the Rails

Tom Chantry is the lead protagonist in this book, and we learn he is Borden Chantry's son; Borden the town marshal has been killed some years before. Tom had been living in the East and when he came west to buy cattle he is mistaken as soft, a coward, but they were dead wrong; for he could handle a gun and use his fists. The Chantry family is related to the Sacketts. The only knock I have is with the ending, but I will not... Read Full Review

Tom Chantry came from the East to the West to buy cattle then bring them to the railroads at Dodge. But when he backs down from a shoot-out with a drunk named Dutch Akins, everyone takes him for a coward and a man who doesn't keep his word. Tom can't find anyone now to buy cattle from or even help move them to the railroads. Tom must learn that he is now in the untamed land of the west where there is no law but only a man's... Read Full Review

I used to wonder why anyone read L'Amour when all the plots seemed the same. At some point, I picked up one (probably on vacation) and now I'm hooked. Sure, they're predictable - but so are 98% of the shows on TV. It doesn't mean they're not enjoyable.I probably won't review many westerns, but this is a great one if you don't know which of his dozens to choose.

Tom Chantry (Borden Chantry's son) having lived in the east since his fathers death, now comes west to buy cattle for shippment back east. Believing gun's only lead to trouble he refuses to carry one but he soon finds out that a peaceful unarmed man can get into trouble just as fast as a man carrying a gun. Tom leaves town after being challenged to a gunfight, the word gets around, and everybody believes him to be a coward... Read Full Review