The Wind River Kid

by Will Cook

You either worked for Cadmus Rindo and liked it, or you owed him money and you hated him. Old Cadmus owned the town of Rindo's Springs and everyone in it - until the day he picked a nameless drunk out of the jail and set him up as sheriff. The nameless drunk turned out to be a deadly gunslinger called the Wind River Kid, and old man Rindo found he had a tiger by the tail!

368 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

William Everett Cook was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1922 and died in 1964. He began writing for publication in 1952 for Popular Library. During his short life Cook was a soldier, commercial aviator, deep-sea diver, logger, peace officer, and writer of western and adventure novels and stories. His hobbies included sports car racing, sailing, judo, and barbershop singing. His pseudonyms include Wayne Everett, James Keene, Frank Peace, and William Richards.

William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.

Reviews

[B.G. Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only gave this three stars because it doesn't quite demonstrare what Cook was capable of. THE WIND RIVER KID was good, but not quite the page turner of Will Cooks first few Gold Medal westerns. Scince there's something going on with goodreads at the moment and I don't want to type something long that wont get saved, I'll just recommend Will Cook's GUNS OF NORTH TEXAS or OUTCAST OF CRIPPLE CREEK.

[Ryoku Light · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super entertaining and action pact adventure. I'm glad I picked this book to be the first western book I have ever read.