A lynch-minded posse is hot on the trail of the outlaw Jack Crow who discovers the body of a Texas Ranger new to the area. In order to shake off his pursuers, Jack decides to swap his identity and must wear the distinctive boots of the dead man if his deception is to succeed. Jack becomes accepted as a ranger and finds himself upholding the law from which he has so often run. This means siding with homesteaders and Mexicans against the mighty Lazy Creek ranch and a gang of gun-runners. A bloody range war ensues, and to protect his new friends Jack is forced to seek a final showdown with the notorious renegade gang leader. As Jack discovers, a dead man's boots are much harder to take off than put on...
- ISBN10 0709078110
- ISBN13 9780709078111
- Publish Date 31 October 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 158
- Language English