Backtrack (western novel)
- Backtrack (western novel)
infobox Book |
name = Backtrack
image_caption = Cover from the 1965 Houghton Mifflin hardback edition of Backtrack.
author = Milton Lott
cover_artist = William Hofmann
country = United States
language = English
genre = Western fiction
publisher = Houghton Mifflin
pub_date = 1965
media_type = Print (hardcover)
pages = 248
isbn = NA
"Backtrack" is a western novel by Milton Lott, published in 1965. The book is about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and features cowboy Ringo Rose and a Mexican boy whom he fathers. He teaches the kid skills he needs to survive, including gunfighting. When the kid shoots a man and flees, Ringo follows him across Texas to Ringo's former home.
External links
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qn2GGAAACAAJ&dq=Backtrack&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=0_1 Google Book Seach page for "Backtrack", includes a review "Backtrack is a literary, psychological ... by Kirkus Reviews.]
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