The western story written by Kent Conwell is the tale of E.J. Colter who liked life simple and easy. This was the way it was for him until the day this tough rancher was surrounded by three children, two boys and a young girl. They were the children of his brother that he had not [...]
Tag Archives: Western
Book Review: Wild Horse Gorge
November 25, 2009 – 1:09 am
This story by Duncan Ross is based around the maturing of a young eastern man as he is thrown into the jaws of western violence. Washington “Wash” Buchanan is heading for Wyoming and the ranch of his grandfather. When he arrives he find out that his grandfather has been murdered and nothing is being done [...]
Book Review: Raiders of the Valley
November 18, 2009 – 1:09 am
This western short story written by Tom Curry is about a land grab in the Salinas Valley of California. An outsider, Manfred Von Wohl, who was a Prussian immigrant to California, targeted the Californians who settled the land and built beautiful rancheros. The bad things happen early and persist through the book. The first person [...]
Movie Review: McLintock
November 13, 2009 – 1:09 am
This is a John Wayne western set in one of the western territories, in the town of McLintock. The town is named after the long time resident and cattle baron George Washington McLintock, played by John Wayne. The striking Maureen O’Hara who spices up this role plays GW’s wife Kathereen McLintock. Kate is returning to [...]
Book Review: Bendigo Shafter
November 11, 2009 – 1:09 am
This book is one of Louis L’Amour’s stories about how a young man comes into manhood on his journey into the early west. This story shows the spirit of the pioneers who moved west to establish new towns and in the intervening time placing their imprint on the country around them. This story is about [...]
Movie Review: Hidalgo
November 6, 2009 – 1:09 am
Movie Review: Hidalgo This movie is based on the life of Frank T. Hopkins called the Far Rider and the Blue Child, played by Viggo Mantehsen. His mother was a Sioux and his father was an army enlisted person. The movie begins at the end of a horse race that he wins. This type [...]
Movie Review: Appaloosa
October 30, 2009 – 1:09 am
This is a movie based on the novel by Robert P. Parker. The setting is the town of Appaloosa in the New Mexico Territory in 1882. The first scene is of a City Marshall Jack Bell being shot off his hose while he is performing his duty of arresting two murders that are ranch hands [...]
Book Review: The Californios
October 28, 2009 – 1:09 am
The story by Louis L’Amour highlights the people on the land and they’re easy going ways and they’re laid back attitude. These traits were severely tested when unscrupulous men come from the East and loaned money, using ranches as collateral. The interest was high and the men on the land did not understand these tactics [...]
Book Review: The Square Shooter
October 21, 2009 – 1:08 am
This story by Walt Coburn is quick and enjoyable to read. A young man named Boone learned that Jawbone Smith was not his father and this bit of information turned his known world back upon it’s self. The boy Boone stood up and declared the whipping that he had endured would end and he began [...]
Book Review: Once They Wore The Gray
October 14, 2009 – 1:09 am
This story by Johnny D. Boggs is a western set in the time of the Civil War. The story revolves around “Galvanized Yankees” the rebels that chose to kill Indians instead of dieing in prison. They would protect wagon trains and freight wagons on the Santa Fe Trail and help regain their inner self worth. [...]
