A good man with a rope can do alright on the range, and Ross came back with a string of ponies long enough to save Pacheco Ranch. But he was too late. The old man was dead, and the ranch had supposedly been sold to Lamar Shelton. That's when Ross traded his rope for a carbine and prepared to tangle with something a lot meaner than any mustang. He had a rifle and a thirst for revenge, and he was determined to settle the Pacheco claim any way he could...
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.