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299 pages :

illustrations.
New Zealand author.
Summary: 15-year-old Henry Appleton reads cowboy stories and dreams of being a Western hero with a gun. But he is hurled into real life danger with the arrival of two strangers-- the physician Zephaniah Smith, who is hunting down his wife's killer-- and the ruthless highwayman Richard Burgess. Burgess and his gang murder a group of businessmen from Canvas Town for their gold. Henry is determined to bring the gang to justice, but soon finds himself in mortal danger. (Publisher)