Considine is a very cautious outlaw who has to decide whether to pull off the biggest bank robbery in all times or tofollow after the girl he might love as she travels with her father through heavy Indian territory. In High Lonesome by Louis L’Amour, Considine discovers that the girl he thought he loved isn’t the right one for him after she destroys an amazing friendship between Considine and Pete Runyon. When Considine runs from town with a broken heart, he turns to outlawry to earn money. With each heist he pulls, he plans for every event that could possibly happen to change the outcome until there is no chance that it could go wrong. When he is about to get back at Pete for stealing his girl, he meets Lennie and her stubborn father passing through the same region. The girl and her father are bent on making it through the Indian territory to a free land in California. Circumstances quickly change around both Lennie and Considine until he is forced to choose between revenge and love.

I really loved this book and I believe it contains all essential components to make a great western! It has a quickly moving plot involving a test of character, an intense fist-fight, a gun battle, and just a touch of romance. When reading this book I was reminded how much I love reading Louis L’Amour’s including the hundreds I read while in middle school. I have never grown out of them!

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Title: High Lonesome

Author: Louis L’Amour

Format: Paperback

Page Nos.: 152

ISBN: 0-553-25972-5

Publisher: Bantam Books

Release Date: September 1962

Reviewed by: Jillian