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Kid Rodelo

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1966

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Joe Harbin has killed for a fortune in gold and has no intention of leaving it behind while he sits in prison. He escapes with his companions and heads into the desert to recover the cache, only to find himself travelling with two people he did not plan to include: Kid Rodelo and a woman whose past gives her reasons of her own for wanting to reach safety.

Moving fifty thousand dollars in gold across fifty miles of desert turns greed into a practical problem of water, transport and trust. Every member of the party knows the others may become more dangerous as the destination gets closer. The novel uses the harsh border country of the Southwest and Baja California to reduce the conflict to a simple question: whether people who distrust one another can cooperate long enough to survive.

Historical Periods

Post-Civil-War U.S.–Mexico Borderlands1865–1880 CE

Genres

Exploration & Survival Fiction Western & Frontier Fiction

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