Canavan is a former lawman who just wants to settle down with a new wife and a new ranch; but when he immediately gets into a gunfight with a trio of youths whose family runs the town, things get rough quickly in Burt and Budd Arthur's Walk Tall, Ride Tall.
Burt and Budd Arthur were father and son, and prolific western writers on their own and together.
This is a pretty standard oater in the "one man against a crooked town" vein. To me the biggest drawback is that Canavan is not particularly likeable; he is aggressive and belligerent throughout and it occurred to me more than once that the townspeople were right, and he wouldn't make a very good neighbor.
I got this from a stash of books in a Secret Santa exchange and read it quickly.
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