184 pages
English language
Published April 27, 1983 by Bantam Books.
No matter that Echo Sackett was young, and a woman, and had never been far from the valley, she was still a Sackett. Sharp and smart and a better hunter than most of the men she knew. Like her bold ancestors, Echo couldn't ignore a challenge. A sure hand with a horse, a dead shot with a rifle, and fast with her wits, Echo traveled to the mountains of Tennessee, coming up against ruthless killers who's stop at nothing to cheat her out of her inheritance. There she'd prove once and for all the she could ride the river with the best.
This is the first of L'Amour's novels with a female protagonist that I've read, and though it was a nice change of perspective, he's not very good at it.
Still it was an exciting adventure, and occasionally funny when some big strong cowboy got put in his place by a teenage girl.
This is one of my Granny's old books; I imagine she probably liked Echo Sackett's headstrong and humble attitude.
