The raucous beginning of Brand's Western is traditional: A gunfighter is shot dead in the street. However, when spinster Elizabeth Cornish takes his baby to raise and wagers with her brother that blood will not "will out"--that Jack's son will not be a murderer--a fascinating story of nature versus nurture emerges.

Language: English

Published in: 1922

Word count: 75,741 words (≈ about 5 hours)

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923).