Skeeter Bill comes to townW. C. TuttleOmniClassics · Literature
Skeeter Bill comes to town
W. C. TuttleA cowboy returning for a child's birthday discovers that the boy's father has been imprisoned for a bank robbery.
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About the book
Skeeter Bill Sarg has traveled from Texas to celebrate the twelfth birthday of the only child ever named after him. Before he reaches Yellow Butte, he learns that the boy's father, his friend Hooty Edwards, is serving a twenty-year sentence. The evidence sounds damning, but Hooty's inability to remember the night's events and Skeeter's knowledge of his character leave room for doubt. The visit becomes an inquiry into a robbery whose stolen money was never recovered. Tuttle combines the tall cowboy's laconic humor and formidable shooting with a strongly personal motive for challenging the accepted story. His concern extends to the prisoner's wife and children, making the restoration of a family's security more important than a display of gunfighter reputation.
- Friendship and loyalty
- Wrongful suspicion
- Family vulnerability
Why read it
The birthday promise gives Skeeter's investigation an affectionate purpose that grounds the saloon talk and gunplay.
English novelet from Giant Western, Fall 1948