Read most of Mr.L'amour's books. Last of the Breed is one of the very best. Haunted Mesa is different but also strikes on practicality and disillusionment. But am giving it 4 stars as a little slow paced compared to the Last of the Breed. These books allowed me to get knowledge through stories,etc during my very sick times of eczema on hands and legs/feet when blood and pus was rampant on my palms especially.So entertaining and gripping stories took an upper hand to forget personal health issues. Spent few birthdays as a child like this. Parents were very supportive but many doctors made it worse till I realized it to be connected to my breath and finally exercise on and off helped and one last doctor a Sindhi gentleman forget his name listened well and commended me on understanding issue giving me a soothing non complex non steroidal cream which helped added to exercise. But Louis L'Amour took the cake, Jack Higgins, Reader's Digest, etc as language improvement, knowledge and soothers of health.