Bar-20: A Hopalong Cassidy Novel

by Clarence E. Mulford

Overview

In Bar-20, the first Hopalong Cassidy novel by Clarence E. Mulford, Cassidy could fan a gun like a Billy the Kid...

Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time. No one in the state of Texas could beat him.

Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man could go up against him and live. No man.

Hoppy could stand or die. He had no other choice. None at all.



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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466868236
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/15/2014
Series:	Bar-20 , #1
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	294 KB

About the Author

Clarence E. Mulford (1883-1956) is the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy, who appeared in twenty-eight novels (beginning with Bar-20), sixty-six films, and a long-running television series.
Clarence E. Mulford (1883-1956) is the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy, who appeared in sixty-six films, twenty-eight novels, and a long-running television series.

Editorial Reviews

Hopalong Cassidy, the funny, daring cowpuncher with a limp, originated in the writing of Mulford. Narrator R.C. Bray has the rough-and-tumble voice listeners would expect of a cowhand and a novel full of ranch slang and shootin', gamblin', and brawlin'. The novel treats cowpunchers and Mexicans stereotypically. Moreover, as Cassidy tracks a murderer and chases rustlers, the adventures can seem repetitive and episodic. However, Bray's narration is excellent, making the most of Mulford's descriptions and asides. Better yet, Mulford delivers an ending that, while not action packed, pulls the story together satisfactorily. Fans of Cassidy or other vintage Westerns won't be able to resist. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2013 - AudioFile