Buckaroo's Code

by Wayne D. Overholser

Hell on high red wheels! Cotton Drennan had packed a good many smoky years into a short span of time. For him, death lurked in shadowy alleys, and he watched them carefully always. He owed his life to that care—and to a fast and accu­rate gun. The Broken Ring Ranch was the biggest on the range and get­ting bigger—with the help of a gun-heavy crew. And nobody but Cotton Drennan seemed to give a damn about the injustice of Broken Ring's big grab. Cot­ton had been through range wars before, but never with the odds quite so great against him—never with so few on his side. BUCKAROO'S CODE All He Asked Was An Even Draw Three-time Winner of the Spur Award Wayne D. Overholser Author of "West of the Rimrock" and "Draw or Drag."

247 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1992

About the author

Wayne D. Overholser (born September 4, 1906 in Pomeroy, Washington; died August 27, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado) was an American Western writer.

Overholser won the 1953 First Spur Award for best novel for Lawman using the pseudonym Lee Leighton. In 1955 he won the 1954 (second) Spur Award for The Violent Land. He also used the pseudonyms John S. Daniels, Dan J. Stevens and Joseph Wayne.

Reviews

[Rogue-van (the Bookman) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good, basic western story. Characters are well drawn. Cotton is fed up with his money-grubbing boss and hired guns who get paid twice as much as he does. He is also upset about disturbing recent events. His two sidekicks, Bill and Santiam, add a little Laurel-and-Hardy-type levity as Cotton investigates. A couple of love interests could go in several directions. Not easy to predict--keeps you reading.

[John · Rating 1 out of 5]

a waste of reading time, sorry i read it