Casey Ryan

242 pp. Published pseudonymously by Bertha Muzzy Sinclair, known for her novels and screenplays of the Old West. "Casey Ryan, known to the inhabitants of a certain Western town as the most reckless dare-devil stage driver who ever carried the mail, was bitten by the speed germ and deserted his stage coach for a Ford; but not even a Ford could stand Casey's handling; so eventually he found himself bereft of both machine, job and bankroll. Then followed a picturesque existence as garage keeper, repair man and wildcat prospector, while Casey rebuilt his fallen fortunes. Eventually he harked back to his first ambition--to search out the gold mind, the secret of Injun Jim."