Kid Clay feels authentic to the bone. This young adult novel, which is based on a true story, takes place in the West in the 1880s. It was written by Carl Watson, grandson of the book’s fifteen-year-old cowboy hero. Watson’s writing is lean, straight forward and on the mark. His young protagonist drives cattle, faces down outlaws and rustlers, falls in love, lives with Indians, and more than holds his own. If you’re looking for a good book about the adventures of a young cowboy in the fading days of cattle drives and the Old West, Kid Clay is the ticket.
— Michael de Guzman

The real Kid Clay                                                                                      Author Carl Watson