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Resumen de Caminos torcidos y rectos
Para quién es
Readers who love Westerns with quick plots, cool-headed rangers, outlaws with grudges, and young love on the range, and who enjoy a story where loyalty and second chances matter as much as gunplay.
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Crooked Trails and Straight is a Western novel by William MacLeod Raine, set in the dusty cattle country of southern Arizona in the early years of the twentieth century. It follows Curly Flandrau, a young cowhand who joins a horse-stealing scheme during a drunken spree and finds himself on the wrong side of the law before he has turned twenty-two.
The book gives you a fast, warm-hearted adventure with a train holdup, a kidnapping, a feud between cattlemen and sheepmen, and a young man who tries to earn back his good name. Raine fills it with poker games, bronco riding, ranger work and the plain talk of ranch hands. As you read, you meet a hero who has to pay his debts, and the family who gives him the chance. First, we ride into Saguache with a herd of stolen horses.
En este resumen
- 1A drunken lark becomes a crimeFree
- 2Tragedy at the Circle C
- 3Bail, a debt and a promise
- 4Life among the outlaws
- 5Listening at the wall
- 6Fame, friendship and a quiet love
- 7A robbery, a hat and a vanishing
- 8Clues in a hat and a cellar
- 9A captive, a feud and a compromise
- 10What the story is about and how it is told
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A drunken lark becomes a crime
The story opens in Saguache, where Curly Flandrau drives a herd of horses into town with three companions. They are the red-haired Mac, the hard old outlaw Bad Bill Cranston, and the sullen ex-convict Lute Blackwell. They sell the horses to a buyer named Warren, who supplies the rebels in Mexico and pays about a third of their worth.
Curly meets his old friend Slats Davis, who works for the Hashknife outfit. He hides the theft from him, and he feels bad about it, since the two once shared everything. That night the young men sleep at the hotel while the older outlaws push on.
At dawn Slats pounds on the door with a warning. The Bar Double M men have reached town and are asking for Curly. Slats helps the two boys slip out through the kitchen, though his cold look tells Curly he has lost a friend. For the first time Curly sees that he has crossed the line from wild boy to horse thief.
The foreman Kite Bonfils spots them and fires as they gallop away. Out in the desert Mac shows Curly a photograph of Myra Anderson, a waitress in Tombstone. They had meant to marry once they saved five hundred dollars, and he fears he has ruined everything.
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Questions about Caminos torcidos y rectos
What is Crooked Trails and Straight about?
It tells of Curly Flandrau, a young cowhand who joins a horse-stealing scheme, is nearly lynched, and is saved by Kate Cullison. He then tries to repay her family by rescuing her brother and father from outlaws and a sheepman.
Who is Soapy Stone in Crooked Trails and Straight?
Soapy Stone is a cold, skilled outlaw who runs a horse ranch in the hills. He holds a grudge against Luck Cullison for sending him to prison, and he plots a train holdup to ruin Luck's son Sam.
Where and when is Crooked Trails and Straight set?
The story is set in southern Arizona in the early twentieth century, in ranch country around the town of Saguache. Telephones, trains, rangers and movies appear alongside cattle drives, poker games and bronco contests.
Is Crooked Trails and Straight easy to read?
Yes. Raine uses plain language, short chapters, quick dialogue and a lively sense of humor. The plot moves steadily from one scene to the next, and the clues are easy to follow.
What is the main message of Crooked Trails and Straight?
The book shows that a young person who goes wrong can find the right path again. Kindness, loyalty and courage matter more than a reputation, and people who help others in trouble often change lives.