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The Law at Randado | 
| Author: Elmore Leonard
Publisher: HarperTorch
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 141162
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1
ISBN: 0060013494
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060013493
ASIN: 0060013494
Publication Date: July 1, 2002
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Product Description
Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the untried young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscles bargained for. They can beat the boy and humilate him, but they can't make him forget the jog he has sworn to do. The cattleman has money, fear, and guns on his side, but Kirby Frye's the law in this godforsaken corner of the Arizona Territories. And he'll drag Sundeen and his killers straight to hell himself to prove it.
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Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the untried young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscles bargained for. They can beat the boy and humilate him, but they can't make him forget the jog he has sworn to do. The cattleman has money, fear, and guns on his side, but Kirby Frye's the law in this godforsaken corner of the Arizona Territories. And he'll drag Sundeen and his killers straight to hell himself to prove it.
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 Flamingly generic October 31, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Imagine every Western you've ever seen or read composited into a generic plot, then spit out in some unique form involving a specific place called Randado and a guy named Kirby Frye who just happens to be babyfaced. Do you really care, still? This book isn't bad, it's mediocre. There is no reason to pick it up over another generic Western. The text is periodically amusing, usually easy to read, and sometimes expressive, but the story is devoid of meaning and not all that interesting except to someone who needs to read a generic Western right now or they'll die. I wouldn't recommend this book to a paper pulper.
 Another great Leonard western. September 22, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In the course of the last month, I've become a big fan of Elmore Leonard's Westerns. I'm new to the Western, late in the game. After a few L'Amour's, a friend put me on to Leonard. He's the very top of the genre, in my view. The dialogue and the action tell the story and make the points about toughness and character, not the sentimental interior thought process of the hero, so common in this genre; at least what I've seen thus far.
Kirby Frye is young and green (as a deputy), but he stands up to the townsmen and Phil Sundeen, the bad cattle baron, much to their surprise. He reminds me a lot of the implacable Roberto Valdez in "Valdez is Coming" (I think Leonard's greatest Western), and there are similar qualities to the story. But this is early Leonard (1954), and he only gets better as time goes on.
We again meet the scoundrel Sundeen and see his fate in Gunsights, a much later book (1979).
It's going to be hard to go back to other Western authors having been introduced to Elmore Leonard this early on!
Worth Dying For April 21, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In Elmore Leonard's, Law at Rendado, a young deputy loses two of his prisoners to a rich man's lynch mob - and finds a fight worth dying for. Another 5 stars for E.L.
GREAT CHARACTER WINS AGAIN!!! August 26, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kirby Frye is a young Deputy Sheriff but he has a lot of guts. Men are dragged from his jail and hanged while he is out of town. When he goes after the men who did it they humiliate him. The second time he goes after them they take off his shoes and make him walk out of town. THAT WAS A MISTAKE!!! Phil Sundeen has all the men, power and money and he thinks Frye will keep on going. Sundeen has always done what ever he wanted to do, but that is about to come to an end. He uses his own tough men plus a hired gun but to no avail. The story is about Fryes tracking the men responsible and has a lot of action in it. It shows that Frye is human and can make mistakes. I liked the character of Dandy Jim. A quick read, very good western that will hold your attention.
A Lawman's Inner Strength August 17, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Leonard's lawman in this tale is a youngster whose fortitude remains internal and gives no hint of itself to the young sheriff's adversaries. As a result, they are prone to humiliating him whenever there is opportunity. But it is their ignorance of what constitutes strength that makes them blind to the perseverance of the youth and his solid belief to uphold the law. A nice and easy read from beginning to end.
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