Frank Merriwell's Bravery

An innocent Yale hero rides into a nightmare. Frank Merriwell, golden boy of athletic fame, inherits a fortune and heads west, only to be mistaken for Black Harry, a bloodthirsty outlaw terrorizing the frontier. In an instant, the train car turns hostile: passengers recoil, guns level at his chest, and whispers of lynching swirl like dust. What follows is a desperate chase through a West where the law is quick and forgiveness is nonexistent. Frank must unmask the real Black Harry, clear his name, and survive enemies who see him as nothing more than a criminal. This is pure turn-of-the-century adventure: starched Ivy League morals meeting gunfights and train robberies, a young man forced to prove his innocence through wit and daring. The book launched an empire of juvenile fiction, creating the template for every sports-hero series that followed.