John D. Nesbitt is one amazing writer! His protagonist Owen Felver is an honest man, kind and thoughtful.The story unfolds with grace and ease. I haven't read to many books like this, where I would forget I was reading at times. Very vivid, with a clarity that is hard to believe. If you only read one western this year, this is it. Outstanding!

...I finally read all of Louis L'Amour's books and short stories. The other writers I've tried have left me cold, but Nesbitt has the touch.

There is one flaw in the verisimilitude in "Coyote Trail," I think, and that is having Quinn feel bad about Newman not thanking him outright. That's a modern touchy-feely sensibility that the real cowboys of the period weren't necessarily burdened with.