Aren’t those wonderful??? “Cross trail” is probably my favorite - guy gets shanghaied on the way to obtaining cash to save the ranch. He dies aboard ship and the Selleck character promises to take care of the guy’s wife who has been waiting.
Another fave is “Last of the Breed,” which is a more modern tale. An ace military jet pilot is taken and held captive in Siberia. He manages to escape and has adventures as he headed eastward toward the Pacific. I’m not sure, but I have a distant clang of a memory that it was under discussion to be made into a movie. If it is, I’d love to see it!
Yep the Star of NCIS, Gibbs fame was a real bad dude in that one. Not one of Louie's books deserve to be left on a movie cutting room floor.