Reviews for Free Grass
Review - Free Grass
Not one of Haycox's best. There were too many subplots and too much left unexplained.
Reviewed by Roger on 2026-03-18 14:28:32
Free Grassby Ernest Haycox | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Western" |
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| Pages: | 288 |
| Year of Publication: | |
| Date Added: | 07/03/2025 |
| Date Read: | 03/18/2026 |
| Notes: | Tom Gillette returns after college in the east to join his father who is taking a herd a cattle to Dakota to claim land. His father's foreman, San Saba, deliberately delays the drive so another rancher could get the best land, then kills his father. Tom takes over and begins ranching. He meets Lorena, daughter of a neighboring rancher, and falls in love. But things get complicated — his old girlfriend from back east shows up, his buddy Blondy turns against him, and a big cattle company wants his land. Tom is ambushed by San Saba and almost killed, but Lorena finds him and nurses him back to health. She also gets a Seantor involved in the land grab and gets Tom his original land back. Blondy tries to join forces with San Saba, but the outlaw kills him. The old girlfriend heads back east. Tom then kills San Saba in a duel and marries Lorena. |
| My Rating: | 6 |