SON OF A GUN

Puffin, London, 1989, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-14-032810-6.  MMPB, 125 pages.  Unread remaindered copy, tiny corner bends, very light cover and edge wear; pages tanned, black & white map and illustrations.  “‘A galloping, riotous wild west farce in which the plot thickens with every page until a combined force of Indians, US cavalry, old-timers, dancing girls and the 8-year-old hero are racing to the rescue of a mother and baby, besieged in their cabin by two incompetent bandits called Slocum.  As one of the Slocums says, ‘Cavalry and Indians?  Where’s the fairness in that?’” (-New Stateman) (from rear wrap)