The Reprobates: A Hundred-Proof Tale of the West

By Chuck Lewis

Get ready to ride the range of humor in one of the most entertaining westerns to come down the trail in quite a spell.

The year is 1888, and Johnny Hightree and his cousin Asa Maynard are two old ex-buffalo hunters and frontiersmen who have temporarily settled in the small town of Ralston, Kansas, not far from Dodge City. They are both serious elbow-benders and seem to be in a constant state of semi-inebriation. Johnny, however, has endeared himself to the town's residents with his far-fetched windies and good nature, thereby getting himself elected mayor.

When a fatal shooting occurs in town with several witnesses including Johnny, the town council curiously reduces Johnny's position from mayor to town marshal. Johnny then chooses his half-pickled cousin Asa to be his deputy, and that's when the future of Ralston, Kansas gets changed forever.

With an amusing, rambling style, Johnny Hightree relates the progress of solving a murder that is not as simple as it seemed in the beginning. The outlandish stories he tosses in along the way are funny, earthy, and downright priceless, told at a pace that ends just in time

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595349544
• ISBN13: 9780595349548
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"