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This is my favorite L'Amour novel. It is actually a fairly short easy read but don't let that fool you! Hardy Collins, the main character, is written with great depth and gets my vote for "Best Hero" Louis L'Amour ever created. That says a lot about Hardy, a seven year old boy, who finds himself the care-taker of a three year old girl in the middle of nowhere after Indians massacre his wagon train. How he survives while taking care of a three year old girl is the stuff of legends.

This is my first Louis L'Amour book. To my surprised I really enjoyed it. It was a book that I was able to finish in one sitting which isn't a bad thing and considering I am normally not a fan of books with a lot of children parts I like the main character. Who is a boy looking after a younger girl attempting to survive long enough for his father to find them. The two encounter a couple of vilians as well as a bear. I really loved that the young boys horse played a major role in big situtations. Overall a 4.5 star book :)

Hard bitten western with just that touch of heart which is typically L'Amour.