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Chancy

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1968

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Orphaned and largely dependent on his own judgement, Otis Chancy drifts through the post-Civil-War West looking for work and a place to belong. Cattle, horses and chance partnerships give him opportunities to build something of his own, but every step upward exposes him to men willing to use intimidation or violence to take what others have earned.

Chancy’s progress from rootless traveller to cattleman follows the expanding ranch economy and long-distance drives of the western frontier. His survival depends less on sudden heroics than on learning whom to trust, when to fight and how to turn hard-won experience into a stable future.

Historical Periods

Cattle Drives and Cowboy Era1866–1890 CE

Genres

Western & Frontier Fiction

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