Just finished The Drifter. There's a catfight between Lynn Baker and Beth Morrow. Lynn works in a well-run saloon owned by her mother and Beth is a ranch owner. No rivalry, no build-up to the fight. Beth enters the saloon to get her ranch crew and Lynn objects to her entering the saloon. They quickly start fighting. It's a even battle, but the description isn't very detailed or long. There's no nudity and it ends in a draw when they both fall off a table and hit the floor exhausted. There are a few brief references to the fight over the remaining chapters (a trait I like in JT's writing) and the girls almost have a shootout the next time they meet. Lynn's mother stops them and tells them they are sisters, which turns their relationship around. Knowing they are sisters fighting is an interesting twist I like though. Overall, I'd rate the fight slightly below average. The story itself is a good read if you like westerns. It's one of his earlier books where he just wrote very simple, straightforward good-guy vs. bad-guy westerns, with humor and romance and without interjecting his extreme political views.
I've just started Rio Hondo War. This is another of his earlier westerns with the usual Floating Outfit leading characters.
