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Kings of the Cowboy Book Blurb Spinners

Today's example:

Harry Beck's Casadora, 1977.

Inside cover:

"There were two particularly notorious Apache raiders, Antone and Casadora.

"The day Frank Emerson found his old friends Jules Choteau and his woman dead in their cabin, slain by Apache raiders, Frank wanted revenge.

"Then someone brought in two murdered children, and Frank made up his mind.

"With his brother Sam and a vaquero named Emilio Herrera, Frank went after Casadora and his band of deadly ragheads.

"He did not expect to emerge alive, let alone achieve revenge, but Frank, Sam and Emilio were a match for any Apache, even the wily Casadora.

"They triumphed, but there were times when it was impossible to tell how it would end, because of the clouds of gunsmoke."