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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Riley insists that his friend and neighbor Laura is OneOfTheBoys and that it is childish to assume they must like each other. However, he admires how the wind blows her hair and is eager for a chance to impress her in a gallant fashion.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Riley insists that his friend and neighbor Laura is OneOfTheBoys and that it is childish to assume they must like each other. However, even before he gives up maintaining this pretense, he admires how the wind blows her hair and is eager for a chance to impress her in a gallant fashion.
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* BadgeGag: In ''Fear's Return'', the lazy Sheriff South deputizes Abner Dawson to do some of his work for him. When Abner shows off his new badge, he is chagrined to learn that South mistakenly gave him a dogcatcher's badge.
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* DirtyCoward: In ''Fear's Return'', Jackie Tinsley, the school bully and Riley's rival for Laura Higgins' affections makes a quick excuse to take one of the only available horses and leave the Higgins ranch when he learns that escaped convict Joe [=McGregor=] is nearby.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Whitey, one of the bank robbers in ''Fear's Return,'' is a BumblingSidekick who ignores an opportunity to shoot anyone.
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** In ''Fear's Return'', Wallace is reduced to a minor threat, but his DragonInChief Joe [=McGregor=], despite some slapstick moments, is still a crafty opponent with an ugly temper who is perfectly willing to shoot Riley.
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** Sheriff South is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are (although {{Flanderization}} in the sequels makes him consistently useless).
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** Sheriff South is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are (although {{Flanderization}} in the sequels makes him consistently useless).useless, albeit a bit more honest).
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** Sheriff Sweeney is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are.
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** Sheriff Sweeney South is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are.are (although {{Flanderization}} in the sequels makes him consistently useless).
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* AbnormalAmmo: In ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', Aaron uses his plane to drop [[spoiler:flour bombs]] on a group of fossil thieves
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to [[ProdigalFamily drama between estranged family]] members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''.
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' ''Hank the Cowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to [[ProdigalFamily drama between estranged family]] members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''.
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to drama [[ProdigalFamily between estranged family]] members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''.
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to drama [[ProdigalFamily drama between estranged family]] members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''.
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to drama [[ProdigalFamily between estranged family family]] members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''. \n\n
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Great-uncle George attends the funeral of Riley’s father, is established as TheQuietOne and a hardworking local tycoon, and dies of a stroke during a TimeSkip at the end of the first chapter.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Great-uncle George attends the funeral of Riley’s father, is established as TheQuietOne and a hardworking local tycoon, and dies of a stroke during a TimeSkip at the end of the first chapter.chapter.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Doctor Wallace is rumored to be involved in moonshining and protection rackets. It eventually turns out that his medical practice consists of prescribing liquor for supposed medical reasons as a loophole to avoid laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol and giving an elderly patient WorstAid to steal her money.
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Written by Literature/HankTheCowdog author John R. Erickson, the ''Riley [=McDaniels=]'' series is a middle-grade mystery and adventure series following a boy growing up on a ranch in Texas after the death of his father in the 1920s. While possessing a lot of Erickson's ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' folksiness, the series can have dark or mature scenarios, giving lots of attention to drama between estranged family members, the danger posed by criminals in the TwilightOfTheOldWest and Riley broadening his knowledge through his friendship with a BadassBookworm storekeeper. There are currently three books in the series: ''Moonshiner's Gold'', ''Discovery at Flint Springs'', and ''Fear's Return''.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Riley's younger brother Coy is a TeachersPet who is quick to lecture or aggravate Riley.
* BadassBookworm: Aaron Kaplan is a storekeeper who is known for his love for classical music and fine literature, but he is also an ex-boxer who has lost none of his old skills.
* DirtyCop:
** Constable [=McGregor=] is a sadistic extortionist, moonshiner, and hired gun.
** Sheriff Sweeney is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: When the [=McDaniel=]s brothers stumble across moonshiners, one, Charlie, asks if their mother knows where they’re at. They are too scared to lie and say no, but Charlie jokes about how she’d punish them for going into the canyon if she did and sends them away unharmed. [[spoiler:Charlie later gets an UndercoverCopReveal, explaining his mercy toward them.]]
* HiddenDepths: Grampy Dawson is introduced as an irresponsible drunk who nearly misses his son-in-law's funeral and then skips town rather than help his family through their grief, but he later starts being there for them more, appreciates classical violin music far different than what he plays in barrooms, and is a RetiredBadass brand inspector who is still willing to draw a gun on criminals.
* HiredHelpAsFamily: Spud, the ranch hand, has little life outside the ranch and views the [=McDaniels'=] as his family, a feeling they reciprocate.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Riley insists that his friend and neighbor Laura is OneOfTheBoys and that it is childish to assume they must like each other. However, he admires how the wind blows her hair and is eager for a chance to impress her in a gallant fashion.
* TwilightOfTheOldWest: The books are set a few years after the official end of the Twilight of the Old West (1927 onward) but show that even technology like planes and airplanes and a bigger government haven't been enough to fully eradicate outlaws who seek to take over towns or hide out in the hills while doing battle with Texas Rangers. Some of the more positive parts of the Old West, such as close-knit cowboy families and boomtowns with sizable and sophisticated immigrant populations, are also displayed.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: There is an optimistic tone to the story and plenty of whimsical moments and characters, but the villains are vicious gangsters who are poisoning an old woman. Also, the only reason they WouldntHurtAChild after capturing the narrator and his family is because they could make money selling those kids into modern-day slavery picking cotton (with it being subtly implied they plan to sell the boys’ mother into sexual slavery).
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Great-uncle George attends the funeral of Riley’s father, is established as TheQuietOne and a hardworking local tycoon, and dies of a stroke during a TimeSkip at the end of the first chapter.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Riley's younger brother Coy is a TeachersPet who is quick to lecture or aggravate Riley.
* BadassBookworm: Aaron Kaplan is a storekeeper who is known for his love for classical music and fine literature, but he is also an ex-boxer who has lost none of his old skills.
* DirtyCop:
** Constable [=McGregor=] is a sadistic extortionist, moonshiner, and hired gun.
** Sheriff Sweeney is a decent man who is unhappy about being unable to arrest the gangsters but refuses to even bother trying due to his pessimism about how powerful their friends are.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: When the [=McDaniel=]s brothers stumble across moonshiners, one, Charlie, asks if their mother knows where they’re at. They are too scared to lie and say no, but Charlie jokes about how she’d punish them for going into the canyon if she did and sends them away unharmed. [[spoiler:Charlie later gets an UndercoverCopReveal, explaining his mercy toward them.]]
* HiddenDepths: Grampy Dawson is introduced as an irresponsible drunk who nearly misses his son-in-law's funeral and then skips town rather than help his family through their grief, but he later starts being there for them more, appreciates classical violin music far different than what he plays in barrooms, and is a RetiredBadass brand inspector who is still willing to draw a gun on criminals.
* HiredHelpAsFamily: Spud, the ranch hand, has little life outside the ranch and views the [=McDaniels'=] as his family, a feeling they reciprocate.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Riley insists that his friend and neighbor Laura is OneOfTheBoys and that it is childish to assume they must like each other. However, he admires how the wind blows her hair and is eager for a chance to impress her in a gallant fashion.
* TwilightOfTheOldWest: The books are set a few years after the official end of the Twilight of the Old West (1927 onward) but show that even technology like planes and airplanes and a bigger government haven't been enough to fully eradicate outlaws who seek to take over towns or hide out in the hills while doing battle with Texas Rangers. Some of the more positive parts of the Old West, such as close-knit cowboy families and boomtowns with sizable and sophisticated immigrant populations, are also displayed.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: There is an optimistic tone to the story and plenty of whimsical moments and characters, but the villains are vicious gangsters who are poisoning an old woman. Also, the only reason they WouldntHurtAChild after capturing the narrator and his family is because they could make money selling those kids into modern-day slavery picking cotton (with it being subtly implied they plan to sell the boys’ mother into sexual slavery).
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Great-uncle George attends the funeral of Riley’s father, is established as TheQuietOne and a hardworking local tycoon, and dies of a stroke during a TimeSkip at the end of the first chapter.
