I usually love the Sackett family novels by L'Amour. This one, though, didn't do it for me. I rated this a 2.5 across multiple platforms but rounded up for the graphic.
I've got one more by L'Amour in my pressing pile but now I don't know. I'll give it a shot. If it's a mediocre as this one, I may just circle back to it at a later date.
Shout out to Moffat Library, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX for the copy of the book from ILL!
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A little under-the-weather this weekend with an allergy/asthma flare-up, I‘ve spent most of the day sleeping. Childhood Saturdays with my dad were my inspiration for today‘s haiku. He helped make me a reader & movie buff, even if I don‘t love westerns the way he did. Miss him, always. Happy Father‘s Day💚
Pipe smoke, faded books,
cowboys ride through black and white,
Dad beside me still
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pickIt has been a while since I have read a Western novel. I loved it, the characters were believable. l loved the plot of the book also. I rated the book a 4 out of 5 stars.
pickA short children's book about the life and career of Bass Reeves, a man born into slavery who served a long time as a deputy marshal hunting down criminals in Indian Territory. It has all the adventurous hallmarks of Western fiction with an emphasis on Bass Reeves upstanding moral character.
I find myself interested in learning more about him.
pickThis was a quick, interesting read. Clavin did his best to separate the man from the many myths about him. I found it most interesting to learn how quickly the west and country as a whole had changed over Hickok‘s 39 years. Hickok had a bold style of dispensing the law that had become outdated by his death. I‘d love if there had been more insight into the man himself, but I get the vibe he wasn‘t much for sharing his feelings.
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so-soI did the audiobook on this one. I liked the narrator. He changed his face with the characters that are included in the book. That being said, I didn't enjoy this one as much as O'Reilly's other books.
It's more off short biographies on the Wild West Characters he included. The usual suspects as Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Annie Oakley, etc. I did like the fact he included Bass Reeves. You usually don't read about the ⬇️
