Tough Country

by Frank Bonham

Twenty months of hard labour and guards with short clubs are supposed to take the edge off a man. But when the Winguards tried to cheat him out of his land, Jim Canning figured it was better to trust his gun than the same two-faced lawyers who'd sent him to prison. Before he'd go back, he'd fight his way to Mexico with a dead deputy handcuffed to him

Genres: Westerns

Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 1958

About the author

Frank Bonham (February 25, 1914 – 1988) was an author of Westerns and young adult novels. Bonham wrote 48 novels, as well as TV scripts. Bonham was born in Los Angeles. He was a UCLA graduate. Bonham was known for his works for young adults written in the 1960s, with tough, realistic urban settings, including The Nitty Gritty and Durango Street, as well as for his westerns. Several of his works have been published posthumously, many of which were drawn from his pulp magazine stories, originally published between 1941 and 1952. Durango Street was an ALA Notable Book.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author wrote 48 books over the course of his life, plus some scripts for TV, so I picked up a few by Bonham, L’Amour and others in bulk on eBay. After listening to a few free ones I was interested to give this one a try, and at 166 pages it was quick.
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It was originally written in ‘58 so it’s age filtered through in different ways, some enjoyable and others not. The story seemed to jump around, and despite knowing the plot, this reader was often left wondering where the author was taking me.
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For now I’ll keep my Western interest more modern with C.J. Box and kick off Craig Johnson’s Longmire series this year.