Black John of Halfaday Creek
Book Details
| Title: | Black John of Halfaday Creek | ||||||||
| Author: |
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| Published: | 1936 | ||||||||
| Tags: | adventure, Alaska, fiction, Northwest Territories | ||||||||
| Description: | Halfaday Creek, during the Yukon gold rush, is a refuge for outlaws on the run from the law, and is located conveniently near the border so that they can slip across whenever necessary to avoid the lawman that comes after them. One of the customs of Halfaday Creek is that everyone who comes there picks up a new name from a supply on the bar. This is to avoid confusion with too many John Smiths turning up there.
While the residents are outlaws, Black John, a prospector, and Cushing, the saloon keeper, run Halfaday Creek and ensure that crime is dealt with so that the law does not pay too much attention to Halfaday Creek.
Justice among these outlaws is rough and ready, and some of the funniest scenes are the trials with miners as the jury and audience and Black John as prosecutor and judge rolled into one. Most of the time Black John manages to help the law in his own unique way, as often as not profiting from the transaction.—Pulpflakes [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 105 | ||||||||
| Pages: | 235  |
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