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Category:
Western
Publisher: lulu Self publisher
ISBN-10: B009ANIYFG
Type: Fiction
Pages: 252
Copyright: Sept 2011
ISBN-13: 9781105664366
Price: $3.99 (eBook)
A collection of early west fiction that encompasses a variety of reading pleasure for the western fan. Included are adventures in action , violence , wild horse capture and romance.
That period between 1849 through 1880 in our early west with it’s Indian wars and gunfighter activity gave us a living picture of what life was like on the frontiers. The stories of individual and group conflicts influenced the development of cowboy hero’s and gunfighters which were later made popular in Hollywood movies. No movie or story though, could ever match the real life drama that was an every day struggle and experience for the scores of Frontier families that settled the west. Life was raw , harsh and frequently bloodthirsty. Many of these unsung heroic families died in the effort. The west was a melting pot of diverse humanity that came from many lands and nationalities. Thrown together in a struggle to survive, many odd friendships developed as a result of life threatening or unusual circumstances. For the lucky ones, Boot Hill had to Wait; for others, there was plenty of room. This collection of fictional short stories is an effort on my part, to portray some of the life threatening dramas, fears, hatreds, joys and humor that resulted from associations that developed while trying to live in this early west. Many of the incidents that I have credited to fictional characters were taken from real life events. I personally apologize for the use of third grade English used by some of my characters, but one must realize that few westerners had even a third grade education.
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