Six-Gun Caballero

This one is a nice horse-opera from the March, 1938 issue of the pulp Western Story Magazine. The characters aren't as well developed as Hubbard's usual, and the plot isn't as plausible with everything being tied up a little too neatly and easily at the end, but it's a short, entertaining read. It s......more

Half-Irish, Half-Mexican Michael Patrick Obanon finds his ranch in the New Mexico territory slipping out from under him when the border with Mexico shifts and all Spanish Land Grants are nullified. Desperadoes move in and try to take over the ranch, not realizing "don Michael" is actually the proper......more

Six Gun Caballero Read the book and after dusting off my spurs on my boots and patting my horse, gotta tell ya it was quite the Western yarn. I was never much into Westerns, since the formula was always the same, with the bad Indians and the great white sheriff who makes peace in a town of outlaws, ak......more

I admit, I have a weakness for old-fashioned westerns. This is one of the kind that you would have watched in black and white in an old movie theater, if it had ever been made into a film. Sadly, it wasn't. Other than one historical error about the Pony Express, Hubbard put more research and thought......more

You won’t be shocked to find that I found another winner in an L. Ron Hubbard story! I enjoyed this story just like the others I’ve listened to from Galaxy Press. The main character, Michael Patrick Obañon, is a calm, suave, remarkable man, and I really liked him immensely. Smart, cunning, and ruthl......more