Billy West #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAt the Blue Sage Ranch, Billy West's uncle Dan warns him about the hot-tempered rustlers operating in the area and tells him to stay out of trouble, but Billy ignores the advice. When rustlers attack nearby Bull Jason's ranch and kidnap Julie and Snubby, Billy pursues them, discovering that Bull Jason himself is actually a crook working with the rustlers. Billy rescues Julie and Snubby from the river where they were left, and the children are taken in by a kind ranching couple who offer them a home. Years later, Billy has grown up on the ranch, becoming an accomplished cowboy, and is reunited with his old friend Sam Bassett, who reveals he is now a traveling salesman.
When Billy West arrives in Lone Creek aboard a stagecoach—after proving his quick draw against road agents—he finds himself hired by Molly to protect her family's ranch from Bull Jason, a ruthless rustler who's been systematically stealing her cattle and holding notes against her land. As Billy settles in to investigate the mystery of how the stolen herds vanish without a trace in Bowl Valley, Bull Jason makes plans for one final raid that could cost Molly everything. With danger closing in and the stakes higher than ever, Billy must use his legendary marksmanship and wits to uncover Bull Jason's scheme and save the Blue Sage Ranch.
Uncle Dan'l settles in to tell young listeners how he came to give Billy West his name—a tale spanning from his own lawless days riding with rustlers through a chance rescue of an orphaned boy after an Indian attack. When Dan'l tries to leave the foundling at a ranch, the child's attachment to him proves too strong to break, and Dan'l finds himself staying on to watch Billy grow into a skilled young rider and ranch hand. But years later, when old outlaw friends tempt Dan'l back into crime, a fateful choice forces both man and boy to fight for their future together.
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