Backtrack (western novel)
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Backtrack | |
Cover from the 1965 Houghton Mifflin hardback edition of Backtrack. |
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Author | Milton Lott |
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Cover artist | William Hofmann |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Western fiction |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1965 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 248 |
ISBN | NA |
Backtrack is a western novel by Milton Lott, published in 1965. The book is about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and features cowboy Ringo Rose and a Mexican boy whom he fathers. He teaches the kid skills he needs to survive, including gunfighting. When the kid shoots a man and flees, Ringo follows him across Texas to Ringo's former home.