Star In The West

RICHARD EMERY ROBERTS

Publication: Random House, 1951, New York

First edition. Boards, 280pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Lu Rogers, recently widowed, leaves her children in New York with her mother-in-law in 1911 and travels west to take a job she's been offered. Upon arriving in Arizona, the job falls through, so farmer Aggie Gates tries her out as a hired hand. The resourceful Lu succeeds at work and catches the eye of two potential suitors, Dan Jones, a saloon owner, and Pat Collins, a rancher. A crooked sheriff is exposed by Lu, who is shocked by being offered his job. The humiliated sheriff pulls a holdup and kidnaps her. A posse is formed and comes to Lu's rescue. She receives reward money and uses it to send for her kids. Dan wins her hand, while Pat accepts her badge. Movie produced entitled The Second Time Around starring Andy Griffith, Debbie Reynolds, and Steve Forrest.

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