Rivers West by Louis L'Amour 1975 - 151 Pages

It was a time of golden opportunity in the West. For Jean Talon, young shipwright, it meant a chance to build. But there were others in the land—unscrupulous men eager to seize what couldn't be gained lawfully. Jean Talon struck out against the most vicious of these, a man who planned to make the Louisiana Purchase his own personal kingdom —the evil Baron Torville.