Modern day Englishman William has grown up with a legacy that ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody is his ancestor and his childhood fireside stories were legends of Wild West showmen ‘The Congress of Rough Riders’.
William struggles to ignore his genes and travels far away escape from their influence. He aims to distance himself from a father who wants to encourage him to pursue heroic adventures of his own.
Despite an antipathy for the author’s style early on, the majority felt it was well-written and surprisingly insightful.