The Lone Ranger and Tonto

The Lone Ranger #5

by Fran Striker

"The young Dave Walters was being held in jail at Snake River for a murder he did not commit. Egged on by the infamous Steve Delaney, a group of men was heading out to the jail to lynch young Dave. The Lone Ranger with Tonto, headed swiftly toward Snake River to beat the mob to the jail and free Dave..."

Genres: Westerns, Pulp

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Fran Striker (born Francis Hamilton Striker) (August 19, 1903 – September 4, 1962) was an American writer for radio and comics, best known for creating The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon

Series:
* The Lone Ranger Magazine & Romantic Western
* The Lone Ranger
* Tom Quest

Reviews

[John]

THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO is a hard book to rate. It's way too silly and sparsely written to be any good, but it's also entertaining and good-natured enough not to be bad. It's not something I'd recommend to adults, but it works just fine as a boys' adventure novel. It features plenty of ham-fisted action, and even a little mystery to boot. The Lone Ranger himself is almost cloyingly heroic, and Tonto remains just as politically incorrect as ever. If you've seen the old TV show, you'll know exactly what you're getting into.

[Michael P.]

The first improbability is that the Lone Ranger somehow divines Dave is innocent and comes to rescue him from misapplied justice and the plot becomes increasingly ridiculous from there. OK writing; terrible plotting.

[John]

What can I say, a typical Lone Ranger book. This was more of a 3.5 star read. The plot was a bit more interesting than some of the simpler stories. The biggest shock is when the author described the Lone Ranger as wearing a white sombrero. That totally blew my mental picture of him!

[Glenna]

I love the western Lone Ranger stories! This book is probably a book series for an audience of little kids and western loving teenagers, like me. But, I would recommend this book it has a wonderful plot.