Leaving Kansas

Book Condition is very good , no foxing. Book block clean of marks. Spine intact. Dust jacket good. Fly Leaf page (First page) has a sample stamped on it. Overall very good and general shelf ware Harrison Wilke is thoroughly sick of Redbluff, Kansas. The town is a boring dead end, filled with unlettered roughnecks. His uncle Stewart- from whom he stands to inherit the Running W Ranch - can't stand him. Harrison doesn't even have enough money to get to the big city, where he belongs. There are a bright spots - chess games with Pastor Cale, his girl Martha trope, and, of course, the though of his future as owner of the Running W. Yet even his gentle courtship of Martha is threatened by the appearance of Jesse Howard, a rude and common cowboy, and a bitter rivalry develops.