Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.

The life of Hawke Travis began when the West was young. He was born on the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio and moved West with his family when he was nine years old. Even at that young age, he became a good shot. Times were hard but Hawke dreamed of something better. He was sent to live with an uncle in Iowa, where he gained some education, improved his gunmanship, and met a friend called Joe Towers.