South Texas Mean - Herb Marlow - Bog

South Texas Mean is set near the Texas town of Loma Alta, not far from the Rio Grande River. Matt Somers has arrived on the Wagon Wheel Ranch in the 1880s to take up the duties of foreman for his old friend and former riding partner Louis Reynolds. There is a problem on the ranch, however, a problem named El Gato, a Mexican Bandit bent on stealing Louis' cattle and putting him out of business. Matt's job - along with running the large ranch - is to make sure El Gato is taken care of in a permanent way. How he does that makes this book exciting and hard to put down.