Ronicky Doone's Treasure

By Max Brand

Book Overview

Ronicky Doone's Treasure is a Western novel by Max Brand. The story follows Ronicky Doone, a cowboy and adventurer who is on a quest to find a hidden treasure that was left behind by his father. Along... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843937483
• ISBN13: 9780843937480
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Solid Western sequel

Max Brand's Ronicky Doone's Treasure was the third novel featuring this character (after Ronicky Doone and Ronicky Doone's Reward), but it is not necessary to have read the previous entries to get full enjoyment of this one: Brand lets us in on Doone's pertinent personality quirks as necessary. Taking shelter from a storm, Ronicky Doone finds himself (and his horse, Lou) in a barn used as the hideout for Jack Moon's gang on their way to find a lost treasure of buried gold. Doone barely missed being discovered but then comes to face down Hugh Dawn, owner of the barn. A fight leads to mutual respect and an invitation -- and an unexpected introduction to Dawn's daughter, Jerry, who is eventually kidnapped by Moon, forcing Dawn to go along on the treasure hunt as Doone stays aside to attempt a rescue. Brand's characters are of theold-fashioned West where even a killer like Jack Moon can be respected as a man of his word. Technicalities and deception are their stock-in-trade, but once you shake hands on something, it's set in stone. Doone is a smart, honest man but the suspicion of strangers plays a large role in Ronicky Doone's Treasure as he must present himself otherwise for safety's sake. Brand does run off at the pen occasionally, but it is interesting for the most part, making the book a real pleasure and an example of why Brand is so respected and popular.