A tough rancher sees his family wiped out by gun-toting Indians, and in seeking revenge gets in the middle of gun-runners and other hardcases and owlhoots in John Callahan's Kincaid.
Kincaid is a spare, hard-edged western, one half of an Ace Double (with Clement Hardin's The Oxbow Deed on the other side). I don't know much about the author, but this is certainly part of the revisionist western tradition of the 60s and 70s.
This one features plenty of western standards, including a wise old ranch foreman, an understanding widow, a perky son frequently in harm's way, and scene-chewing villains.
Callahan's writing is not demanding, but certainly satisfying. I found this in a big stack of paperbacks at a flea market and read it quickly.
Kincaid is a spare, hard-edged western, one half of an Ace Double (with Clement Hardin's The Oxbow Deed on the other side). I don't know much about the author, but this is certainly part of the revisionist western tradition of the 60s and 70s.
This one features plenty of western standards, including a wise old ranch foreman, an understanding widow, a perky son frequently in harm's way, and scene-chewing villains.
Callahan's writing is not demanding, but certainly satisfying. I found this in a big stack of paperbacks at a flea market and read it quickly.
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