National Book Award nominee and five-time Spur Award winner Loren D. Estleman is widely considered one of America's finest Western authors. In this riotous and action-packed tale of Old West high jinks, a band of thieves posing as a traveling theater troupe runs afoul of a clever Pinkerton agent. '. one of Estleman's best novels. As such, it will engage not just Western devotees but readers of more meaty historical fiction as well.'-Booklist, starred review