Details the Lincoln County War, Pleasant Valley Feud, Johnson County War, Conflict on the Clear Fork of Texas and Fence-Cutting War in the Texas Panhandle, etc.
The author reviews the colorful pageant of the canal era in America as he rambles along the old towpaths where mules once trod, long ago given over to weed and buckbruch, to make this book one of the pleasantest of nostalgic adventures.