"Exploding the tom cat was, as I recollect, mostly Edward's idea; unfortunately, it was Papa's dynamite." This a rough book, about a rough era, the roaring '20s, in a rough place, the newly created state of Arizona. Jake Smith is an orphan, raised by his Grandfather, also named Jake, the town constable of Superior, Arizona. The tale takes him from his Sophomore year of high school, through a summer ranch job and back into his junior year. During that six months Jake meets gamblers, and cattle rustlers, poets and cowhands, ranch cooks and mining magnates. "I spun around and found myself...
"Exploding the tom cat was, as I recollect, mostly Edward's idea; unfortunately, it was Papa's dynamite." This a rough book, about a rough era, the ro...