The Dog Crusoe: A Tale of the Western Plains

3.5 stars

A bit of a swashbuckler in feel but set in the old western plains about a youth and his dog. Ballantyne writes energetic fiction that rarely tends to snooze (Coral Island did snooze a bit, but it was still good) and would be a top favorite author if he didn't occasionally trade believability for yet another action scene. Either way, his books are usually rattling good reads and are perfectly clean except for violence (mostly animal violence in this one).