Bar-20 Days

I thought it was pretty boring but it does have glimpses of genuine life in the old southwest

Very much like the old Hopalong Cassidy movies etc from years past. Not really long on realism, but light entertainment. A Hopalong Cassidy western with the rest of the Bar-20 ranch hands. It has a lot the cowboy action events in this one book. It has the shanghaiing of Hopalong and one of his friends from a harbor side bar or dive, after they were fed Mickey Finns, and knocked out. Next they were at sea on a gun runner carrying illegal guns down south. They get out, and capture the Captain and two mates to make them return them to shore. Hopalong gets involved with a gunfight with indians who are on the warpath. He does a good dead for a man in loaning him a horse as he says his wife is sick, but this turns into a drunken Hopalong getting accused of horse stealing through some plot twists. Then there is a cattle drive, with a stampede, and a unknown wire fence which is a minor disaster. Hopalong turns the tables on the folks who set up a wire fence, and want to charge access to water that is now obstructing a old cattle drive trail. Enjoyable old style western.

Not as good as Zane Grey, but easy to read.

Not a good book at all. Didn't finish it. Thinking it would take me back to the old movie days, but was disappointed.