“Strange Pursuit.” Bantam Western Series. I must have been out of town a long time ---- because this is my initial experience with Louis L’Amour. What a spinner of yarns! On the first side,

L’Amour himself rambles on about the West and the nature of following the trail. Then an uncredited narrator unfolds the deliciously detailed short story about wily Texas Ranger Chick

Bowdrie and his dogged pursuit of the charming and tricky outlaw killer Charlie Venk. the stuff of legends. 1/2 MORE TO READ