{"product_id":"the-comanche-kid-paperback","title":"The Comanche Kid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Robert Daniels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic new western in the grand tradition of \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best western I've read in a long, long time. Though a first novel, Daniels writes with the sure hand of an old-pro. His voice is authentic and riveting, and he's created a character in sixteen-year-old Jane to ride the river with. I can't recommend this one more highly!\" Peter Brandvold, author of over 70 westerns, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of nowhere Comanches attack-and sixteen year-old Jane narrowly survives the slaughter of her family and the kidnapping of her baby sister. Driven by grief and fury, she rides headlong into Indian territory, seeking vengeance. But the odds are stacked against a young girl on the trail, and Jane soon realizes she must disguise herself as a boy to join forces with a tough company of cowhands on a cattle drive to Dodge City. The harrowing trek pits her against tough drovers, raging rivers, ruthless soldiers, and ends in a bloody reckoning that forces Jane to discover her surprising capacity for love, survival-and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Daniels has crafted a mercilessly taut, masterfully paced, heart-pounding western that conjures such classics as \u003ci\u003eDeath Rides a Horse \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -Jonathan Evison, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWest of Here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This authentic-feeling, exciting Western has elements of \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003emixed with \u003ci\u003eRed River\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, but it succeeds on its own terms. Like the spirited horses, its heroine prefers, it's quite a ride.\" David Morrell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Comanche Kid\u003c\/i\u003e is playwright\/actor James Robert Daniels' first novel, but you'd never know that by reading this magnificent, bigger-than-life tale. Making use of traditional Western elements-the vengeance quest, the coming-of-age story, the trail drive yarn, the epic clash of cavalry and Indians-Daniels' evocative prose lifts the odyssey of sixteen-year-old Jane into something special as she searches for her younger sister, who is kidnapped in the same Comanche raid that wipes out the rest of Jane's family. With echoes of \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit, The Cowboy \u0026amp; The Cossack, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a big, thrilling, tragic, and ultimately uplifting portrait of the American West.\" James Reasoner, author of more than 350 westerns, many under a variety of pseudonyms, including 41 \u003ci\u003eLongarm\u003c\/i\u003e novels and 20 books in the \u003ci\u003eTrailsman\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a thundering ride! I started this crackerjack novel over my morning coffee and finished it with my evening bourbon sundowner. In between I lived through Indian attacks, trail drive stampedes and white-knuckled my worry for a sixteen-year-old girl as she searches for her little sister kidnapped by a Comanche war chief. James Roberts Daniels has penned a superbly crafted Western novel as breathtakingly authentic and exciting as any I have ever read.\" -Joseph A. West, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of 20 \u003ci\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/i\u003e westerns and six \u003ci\u003eGunsmoke\u003c\/i\u003e novels among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"James Robert Daniels' debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Comanche Kid, \u003c\/i\u003e is a roisterous romp through the wild and woolly Old West as desperate, determined young Jane pounds the vengeance trail in high-dudgeon. Echoing \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, with a shot of Huckleberry Finn on top, readers will ride hard and fast as they taste the trail grit in their teeth and hear the crack of gunfire in this fresh take on familiar frontier themes.\" Matthew P. Mayo, Spur and Wrangler Award-winning author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744363188287,"sku":"9781952138942","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a584e589e26fd5625c689f7269943c8a.webp?v=1765167938","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-comanche-kid-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}