Skinner is set in the wild and brawling days of the outlaw gangs in the badlands of Oregon. The story brings together Skinner, the wild mustanger, and Peter Pipe, the orphan kid who knows only the law of the gun. Skinner is denied the privilege of courting beautiful Beth Manderfield by her grandfather. He turns ornery and begins to drink and find fights. Peter has lived alone, since his fatherâ??s death, for three years on Lost Mountain in the middle of the Alvord desert. He knows little of the laws of men and women in their towns. He knows only what his father has taught him, how to use a gun. Skinner comes from his horse herd to Westfall to drink and carouse. Peter brings his small herd of cattle to the town to sell and use the money to buy a ranch. When the cattle donâ??t bring enough money to buy a ranch, there is only one thing to do. He robs a bank and flees into the desert. French the leader of a fierce and ruthless band of robbers and murders kidnap the beautiful Beth and carry her into the harsh badlands to wait for the ransom money to be paid. Only one man can rescue Beth, that man is Skinner. Taking up the trail, he pursues the gang of murdering kidnappers who has the woman he loves. On the blazing Alvord Desert, Skinner comes upon the bank robber Peter Pipe. They join forces to rescue Beth. It is either kill the bandits or be k