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it amuses me that I found the book much like a romance novel, only with the 'bodice ripping' sexual aspects of romance novels replaced by raptures over western landscapes.
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Hamlet53, I had been trying to figure out how to phrase this, you nailed it. Once I figured out that aspect of what was bugging me I was able to say "oh well, that's how it is" and relax a bit and enjoy the rest of the book.
Having traveled that area I enjoyed the descriptions and I found the book to be pleasant "light summer fare" overall. Much like the spaghetti western movies, sometimes you just want a fairly predictable formula so that you can just go ahead and cheer when the "hero" wins.
Perhaps I'm a little bloodthirsty
but as a 21'st century person I got EXTREMELY annoyed that so much of the "payback" took place "offstage" as it were. I wanted classic showdowns and felt a little cheated to repeatedly "miss" the showdowns and have to hear about it "secondhand" after all the buildup.