Another pretty good L'Amour read. Five foot nine and hugely muscled Lando, another of the Sackett clan sets out from the Tennessee mountains to start a new life. His mother dead his father missing Lando has his troubles. "Pa", Falcon Sackett left a neighbor with 3 sacks of gold for the raising and schooling of his son Lando, but once it seemed clear that something had happened to Falcon and he wasn't coming back the neighbor stole the money, bought land and schooled his own son with the money meant for Lando. Treated like a servant Lando finally had enough and thrashed the "boy" getting his schooling and the "lit out" before the boys "pa" and "ma" could take revenge. In his father and mother's old cabin he lived on his own... Now along with and enigmatic traveling peddler and worker "The Tinker" he's going west to make his fortune.

The book has action and once it gets started it rolls along at a good clip with under-handed dealing, bandits, horse racing, prize fighting...and gun fighting. If some books are "brain candy this might be "brain jerky" as it's a western. Maybe not what would be called "great literature" but pure adventure and a good read. 3.5 if we had half stars. Enjoy.