Free Range Lanning by Max Brand (Good, 1995, HC, 287 pgs, G. K. Hall Large Print)

Former library book: dust jacket has Mylar covering; cover and pages have light wear. ISBN 0783811462

When Jasper Lanning decided to raise his nephew Andy as his own son, he taught him everything a man should know. When heavy drinking Buck started a quarrel, Jasper was pleased that Andy sent Buck flying. But Andy rode off, thinking he was a murderer.