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Title: Above the Law
Series: ----------
Author: Max Brand
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 83
Words: 22K
Series: ----------
Author: Max Brand
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 83
Words: 22K
Synopsis:
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Black Jim is a
notorious outlaw known for robbing stage coaches of their payload of
gold. Ruthless and a deadshot, several small towns have banded
together and offered a big reward for his capture, dead or alive.
An out of work
actress conceives a plan to have her partner pretend to be Black Jim,
“capture” him, take the reward money and then once she has left,
have her partner reveal he really isn't Black Jim. What could go
wrong with that? Of course, the real Black Jim shows up and takes
the actress prisoner and also the other actor.
Black Jim is living
in a community of outlaws, who are “Above the Law” and when he
brings a woman into the mix, things get heated. The actor devolves
and fits in with the other outlaws and they plan to kill Black Jim,
steal all of his stolen gold and take the Actress for themselve.
Black Jim and the
actress are married, make a daring escape and decide to go legit.
My
Thoughts:
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A classic “woman finds out outlaw has a heart of gold”. Not as
mawkish as I was afraid it might be at the beginning. However, the
short length saved it from becoming tedious.
This is my 3rd foray into the western genre. While L'Amour
I would consider a success (in my reading I mean), Zane Grey was a
complete flop. Based on this story, ol' Max Brand is going to fall
squarely in the middle.
Honestly, I'm hoping to read as much of his stuff as possible just to
change up my reading.
★★★☆☆
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