Title: The case of the deadly desperados
Description: In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and scalped, twelve-year-old Pinky Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.
Subjects: Disguise, History, Racially mixed people, Orphans, Mystery and detective stories, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Inheritance and succession, Crimes against, Outlaws, Mystery fiction, Historical fiction, Foster parents, Juvenile fiction, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, Racially mixed people, fiction, Nevada, fiction
Places: Nevada
Time periods: 19th century