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1887, 12-year-old Eliza Yates runs away from her cruel aunt and
uncle and sets off for Tinville, Colorado, in search of her missing
father. After seeing her vulnerablity as a girl in the Wild West,
she cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy. Outwardly, she
becomes "Elijah Bates." Through some funny twists and
turns, she meets Calvin Featherbone, an 18-year-old who calls
himself the "Gentleman Outlaw." Calvin is also headed
for Tinville, in search of that town's Sheriff Yates, a man he
believes shot his father in the back.
Eli and Calvin
join forces. Though a big talker, Calvin soon proves himself to
be a greenhorn whose only talent, it seems, is getting them into
trouble with his fool ideas.
This is a
rip-roaring Wild West story at its best--bound to become one of
your favorites!
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