Wasatch County Library

Johannes Verne is a young orphan raised in part by the Indians of the desert. He grows to be a rugged adventurer, a man bold enough to stake a claim in early-day Los Angeles.

A drifter, reckless and hard, had vengeance on his mind. Some citizens from the last town had left him twisting slowly from an unjust noose. He had escaped and was returning to that town to make them sorry they hadn't finished the job.

The sole survivors of an Indian massacre, Hardy, a seven-year-old boy, and three-year-old Betty Sue, face hunger, marauding Indians, outlaws, and wild animals as they attempt to cross the prairie to safety.

"A collection of Louis L'Amour's never-before-seen fragments, film/TV scripts and treatments, notes, short stories, and advice to other writers, compiled and annotated by his son, that confirms his place at the very top of the pantheon of American writers. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how Louis wrote the short stories, novels, literary and motion picture treatments, notes, and outlines that he wasn't able to finish or release in his lifetime....