Clay once again unites with Luce. Characters Clay Calvert - a boy of 16 whose mother married Wade Shiveley, then died. Clay is then adopted by Wade's father, Uncle Preston. Luce - a young girl who is living a gypsy life with her father, a horse trader, and stepmother. Wade Shiveley - one of two sons of Preston Shiveley, who kills his own brother in a fight over a squaw and is put in jail. Clay's role in slipping Wade a gun sent from "Uncle Preston" is what sets off the action of the novel. Luce's father - a horse trader and notorious gambler Uncle Preston Shiveley - the eccentric father of Wade, sheep rancher, and toll-bridge owner who takes Clay in Tunne Indian boy - who is also a ward of Uncle Preston and helps Clay escape in to the wilderness Clark Burdon - a disfigured and retired gun for hire who was one of the leaders of the caravan west and took a liking to Clay and Luce Captain Waller - who owned a scow that ferried cordwood up and down the Columbia River References Honey in the Horn, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1935, 1935 American novels Pulitzer Prize for the Novel-winning works Novels set in Oregon Fiction set in the 1900s Harper & Brothers books 1935 debut novels