James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a "e;ghost rider"e; for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of "e;the Free State of Galveston,"e; who are prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression. Raised on an isolated West Texas ranch that he was forced to flee at age eighteen following the violent breakup of his foster family, ...