This is a western tale about the evil of one man and how it can penetrate the air surrounding a good man. The good guy was only trying to protect himself and then had to risk his life because it was the right thing to do. A good turn is done but goes unrecognized and [...]
Category Archives: Book Review
Book Review: The Old Spanish Trail
January 25, 2012 – 12:12 pm
This book clearly describes a story of a trail west covering many dangerous miles through mountains, desert and Indian held lands. Being a little used passage East or West it had being plotted by the Spanish military going to Los Angeles. The information about the trail was gotten from the local paper in Santa Fe, [...]
Book Review: The Killing Shot
January 18, 2012 – 12:12 am
Attempted murder is the beginning chapter of this western tale spun by Johnny D. Boggs. Deputy U.S. Marshal Reilly McGilvern is transporting outlaws to the Yuma prison. The prison wagon is attacked on the way by outlaws. Wanting to free a specific prisoner, three guards die in a hail of bullets poured in an ambush. [...]
Book Review: Valdez is Coming
January 11, 2012 – 12:12 am
Western justice is not always as swift as we now think it was but it had its way of reaching the right conclusion in some cases. This story by Elmore Leonard starts out with swift justice gone badly and uses the correction of that misused justice as a western story of rectification of a wrong [...]
Book Review: Territorial Rough Rider
January 4, 2012 – 1:12 am
This western story involves the survival of, Peter Ormond who has been consistently down trodden and mentally abused by his father during the first part of his life. He takes the opportunity to steal a collection of unique gold coins from his father and then runs away. The ensuing events that make up the story [...]
Book Review: Outlaws Pledge
December 28, 2011 – 1:11 am
How can a bounty hunter ever be on the right side of the law? The story written by Ray Hogan has post war brothers struggling to survive in a one-horse town. Frank Garret took the course of bounty hunter because the skills he learned in the Civil War proved to be the most prosperous vehicle [...]
Book Review: Cold Deck Hot Lead
December 21, 2011 – 1:11 am
Is there such a thing as a cardsharp who has a conscience? In this western story Frank Derringer is that individual. The story opens up as Frank arrives in the crooked town of Tribune, Kansas attempting to even out a score. His friend was cheated out of money that he had worked hard for. Cheating [...]
Book Review: Dodge City
December 14, 2011 – 1:11 am
From the back cover of the book the story is condensed to these few short sentence: “Between the Arkansas River and the Santa Fe Railroad was the Gateway to the west. The cattle trail from Texas to Kansas was long, hot, and dangerous. And by the time cowboys got there, they had the money and [...]
Book Review: The Territory
December 7, 2011 – 1:11 am
Well here I go moving away from the western stories that have always been my mainstay. This story won an award, The Tony Hillerman Prize. I read the story and felt that even though it was out of my designated time frame it did justify a review. This southwestern tale is a mystery written by [...]
Book Review: Deadwood
November 30, 2011 – 1:11 am
When you are famous specifically as a man hunter and killer of men you develop a group of people who would like to see you gone from this life. They wish you dead and someone has Luke Starbuck targeted for that fatal trip. Having accepted a job to find a way into the infamous Wyoming [...]
