Just finished the first three of LL's Hopalong novels. And, read Beau's afterword to "The Rustlers of West Fork". Obviously I thought LL's Hopalong is pretty good. Otherwise I wouldn't have read the first three with "Trouble Shooter" waiting in the queue. Hopalong seems like a character cut from very similar cloth to Kilkenny. Too bad that the whole situation with the publishers was as soured as it was. They're really pretty good stories. Glad that LL is now getting them published under his name.