About the book: 2001 / The brave cowboy Hopalong Cassidy is always ready to take risks for the sake of profitable work and will never refuse to help his friends. Taking on the task of single-handedly transporting a large sum of money to the West for Dick Jordan, Cassidy knew it would not be easy. On the very first day, three strangers tried to rob him, for which two paid with their lives, and the third with a broken jaw. Before leaving, at the house of his friend Buck Peters, Cassidy learns that Dick Jordan has been captured by bandits Soper and Sparr....