Dust Devils - a Novella by Robert Laxalt.
The rugged mountains and deserts of eastern California and northern Nevada in the early years of the century are the setting of this moving coming-of-age novella.
Ira Hamilton's beautiful, pure-blooded Arabian colt is stolen by Hawkeye, a notorious local rustler. His efforts to recover the animal pit him against the merciless expanses of the Black Rock Desert and the wrath of Hawkeye and his gang.
Paperback: 102 pages
Publisher: University of Nevada Press (September 1, 1997)