The Long Chance

Variation on the imposter idea as Sam Cross, in payment for a debt he owes, agrees to be Chandler's double for a year, fighting his duels, robbing, generally shouldering the scrapes of young bloods in pre-Civil War days in New Orleans. He uses his disguise to rehabilitate Chandler's name, wins the sister's love, and manages to escape the penalty of the misdeeds he has undertaken.

—Kirkus Reviews