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Synopsis
A bricklayer in San Francisco travels south on horseback, and near Soledad, he hears of trouble with some of those holding Spanish and Mexican land grants. Twenty miles from Soledad he runs into one of these families. An unscrupulous lawyer in Monterey has the county impose taxes that are impossible to pay, and when the family goes to court and validates their title and proves the taxes are unjust, the lawyer sends gunmen to take the rancho by force. It's a tale of how the bricklayer becomes a part of the family, marries into it and brings a lasting peace to the Castañedas. From the pen of R. O. Lane. '
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Is The Bricklayer: A Western appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A Western romance with moderate gunfight violence as a bricklayer defends a Mexican family from land-grabbing gunmen. Closed-door romance with marriage and family themes.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence, corruption, and land theft (see the full list above).
Publisher ages reflect reading level; our rating reflects content maturity — they can differ.
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the outsider hero who fights to protect a family from crooked lawyers and violent land thieves in Old California.