THE ADVENTURES OF ""HORSE"" BARNSBY

by Phil Stong ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 18, 1956

.....can be taken as a spoof on current western heroes or as a precocious tomsawyering -- for Horse (Horace) is thirteen years old, an orphan pursued by an avariciously lethal uncle-in-law, and from Ioway where ""boys are a kind of seldom animal"". Horse learns to cook, carries his knives and guns, hunts gold with Sol and Obe well enough to become a full partner, and proves utterly competent to deal with his ""gardeen"", John Loftus. Loftus, who has been left for dead on the trail west, tracks his victim by every clue, murders to get nearer his goal -- and is thwarted by Horse's training of widow Shelton's little daughter, Grace, who is the only one to trust Horse's distrust of Loftus. A pretty ""peckerish"" young hero proves that ""what you got in your head nobody can take off of you unless they take your head"" in some fun-loving situations, arguments and incidents, where the California gold camps lend the accent.

Pub Date: Oct. 18, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION