Kings of Colorado by David E. Hilton Simon & Schuster, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4393-8383-0 $14.00, 276pp. Reviewed by Eduardo Rey Brummel One Chicago evening, William Sheppard’s father, drunk and two hours late to dinner, goes into another rage, this time, over the cold food. In defending his mother, thirteen-year-old Will stabs his father twice with a Davy Crockett Explorers pocketknife. His father is sent to the hospital. Will is sent to Swope Ranch Boys’ Reformatory, an hour’s drive over rocky and rutted mountain roads from Gunnison, Colorado. The business of Swope Ranch is two-fold: breaking wild horses, and breaking wild boys. ...