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Across The High Lonesome
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James Brumfield
TOMMY ARNOLD
, June 21, 2006
I picked up this book when I saw that Larry McMurtry, the author of my all time favorite book [t]'Lonesome Dove[/t],' gave it high marks. I must say I am glad I took his advice. This is a story of the modern American west. Molly Mendoza, has just left her fianc? after finding him in bed with her best friend. Her future life crushed, she stumbles into a job at Granite Creek Pack Station in California's rugged eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. She has no Idea what she is in for but she soon falls in love with the Mountains and the Lifestyle. Brumfield does an excellent job of developing the characters that work for the pack station. I soon came to feel they were my friends. And his descriptions of the high mountains are amazing (I went on line and googled some of the places he describes, like Shepards Pass, and they are amazing! I did not know places like this existed in California!). I had the feeling that though this is fiction, the author was writing about real people and things that actually happened. There is also plenty of drama and action here to keep you turning pages. I have to say I have not read anything like it since 'Lonesome Dove.' The author nailed this one and I am sure it will become a classic tale of the modern west!
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Telegraph Days
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Larry McMurtry
TOMMY ARNOLD
, June 21, 2006
I have always been a big fan of McMurtry's western novels, though his most recent efforts have not been his best. MrMurtry likes to tell us he is demythologize the west, yet his best books seem to resonate with readers because they have the exact opposite effect. Folks loved "Lonesome Dove" because it gave them every thing they wanted in a western (the myth) and more. In "Telegraph days" we are shown the final days of the frontier (when most of these myths were born) and we are introduced to Nellie Courtright, a telegraph operator in Rita Blanca, in the then outlaw territory of Oklahoma. Nellie's fortunes change when she writes a dime novel about her younger brother single handedly wiping out a gang of desperate outlaws (something he did do, but only through dumb luck). The story follows Nellie's life as she meets many of the iconic figures of the American west from Buffalo Bill to Wyatt Earp (Even witnessing the shoot out at the OK Corral, and of course McMurtry puts his spin on this very mythic event of the old west!). As in his best works McMurtry deftly mixes humor with a sadness for things past, that in the end only seems to create his own myth of the west-one I enjoyed very much! If you like McMurtry, Check out "[t]Across the High Lonesome[/t]" a modern day western that I purchased after seeing McMurtry had given the book high marks----and he was right, great story!
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Lonesome Dove
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Larry McMurtry
TOMMY ARNOLD
, June 21, 2006
I read this book years ago and the tale of a cattle drive to Montanan captivated me as well as the characters, Gus, Call, Jake, Pea eye, Jake Spoon, ect.. If you have not read "Lonesome Dove" buy it, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll experince the full range of emotions. And when you get to the end (800 some pages later!) you'll wish there was more. Yes I realy liked this book! I also recommend "Across the High Lonesome," a tale of the modern west. I recently read this book after seeing McMurtry had given the book props, and he was right!
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Tourist In The Yucatan
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James Mcn Brumfield
TOMMY ARNOLD
, June 21, 2006
I found this to be an entertaining thriller that delivered on a number of levels. It is a interesting thriller that entwines the mystery of the ancient Mayans into the plot in a credible way. The reader is also taken on a very descriptive tour of the Yucatan from the ancient ruin sites to historic Spanish colonial cities. The story starts out with a bang in the first chapter with a failed Drug deal, on the car ferry to Isla Mujares. Then the reader is introduced to Jack and Jo Philips, a young couple touring the Yucatan outback. The pace slows here as the couple visits the ancient Mayan site Chichen Itza. They befriend an interesting fellow who is traveling alone and they decide to continue their travels as a group. But this man is not who he seems to be and the Phillip's Idyllic vacation is soon shattered! I don't want to ruin any surprises but the main plot is average guy being caught up in a situation that is over his head and over which he has no control. The author weaves in a number of subplots into main story and in the end makes it all come togther with out the reader having to suspend belife. I also liked the way the author mixed elements from different generes into a complete story - adventure, suspense, mystery. I highly recommend A TOURIST IN THE YUCATAN.
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