In an auspicious debut tale of the American frontier, two rough-riding cowboys meet up with a villain and his two filibusters in a comic but well-researched novel of the Old West. Original.

West's debut, Me and Johnny Blue, revitalized Western fiction, and earned high praise from Elmer Kelton, Max Evans, and historical fiction's most respected authors. In this new adventure, Blue and his sidekick find themselves on trial in the most infamous court in the West....A writer of extraordinary originality and promise. (Robert Olen Butler)I look forward to many years of entertainment from Joseph West. (Loren D. EstlemanWestern fiction will never be the same. (Richard S. Wheeler)

"In the summer of '88, me and Johnny Blue lit out of Arkansas in a hurry after I shot a statue of a hero of th eSouth in the ass. A neck-stretching party of outraged citizens set after us like a hair trigger looking for a finger. But we been hung before, boys, and you know we ain't easy to kill ..." West continues the adventures of two of the most unique characters in Western fiction.