Western

Newt Bascom and his partner Sam Jourdan are range detectives who hunt down rustlers for the Cattleman's Association. Their latest case finds then trailing rustlers who have stolen a $5000 Durham bull. While Newt is a first rate tracker, he is thrown off the trail by an equally talented rustler.

Eventually after some patient detective work, they locate the missing bull, steal it back and then go on a long trek back to the owner's ranch with five angry outlaws on their tail most of whom are killed by Comanches but the two worst eventually meet their demise in a saloon at the hands of Newt and Sam.

This is a first rate western tale with lots of humour, action and twists and turns.

An interesting sidelight of this edition of the novel is that it appears to have been given out free by the Bull Durham Tobacco Company. Bull Durham is smoked by Steve and chewed by Newt so it gets frequent mention in the story. As well, in the narrative the characters learn how Bull Durham Tobacco got its brand name. Nice tie in to the plot of the theft and recovery of a Durham bull. ( )