The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County

Name: The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County
Rating: 2.5 (5 reviews)

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

First published 1940

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A deputy sheriff in the American West becomes entangled in a web of outlaw violence, personal reputation and concealed identity. Burroughs uses the machinery of a frontier crime story—posses, ranches, gunmen and local law—to test how quickly communities judge guilt and courage.

The novel looks back to the historical American West, where ranching communities, posses and local sheriffs operated across great distances with limited institutions behind them. Burroughs uses that frontier setting for a crime story about concealed identity, reputation and the uncertain line between lawful authority and personal vengeance.