Down From the Mountain – The High Plains Gunman Western Novel

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Down From the Mountain – The High Plains Gunman Western Novel

By admin on Friday, October 19th, 2012 | Comments Off

By the time he was 18, Kyle Elliot was fighting Plains Indians in the Old West, especially the most fierce warriors who’d ever ridden across the broad plains of Texas, the legendary Comanche. He’d ridden with Captain John Coffee Hays, in the Texas Rangers and learned to fight in ways most men never understood. “Captain [...]

Western Fiction|Old West Novel|A Wyoming Adventure

By admin on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | Comments Off

Wyoming was also a pioneer in welcoming women into politics. Women first served on juries in Wyoming (Laramie in 1870); Wyoming had the first female court bailiff (Mary Atkinson, Laramie, in 1870); and the first female justice of the peace in the country (Esther Hobart Morris, South Pass City, in 1870). Also, in 1924, Wyoming became the first state to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925.

For the Writers: Describing the Western Fiction Character

By admin on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 | 2 Comments

The character in a western fiction novel may not have to conform to any particular description of his or her features, but if you want to lend credibility to your character, you’ll put some description that conforms to the period as well as to the culture, and to the kind of work done by the character.

The Western Character in Westerns

By admin on Friday, January 13th, 2012 | Comments Off

Writers of western fiction vary in their treatment of characters, especially the lead characters and the villans. Zane Grey, for example, always portrayed the hero as this solitary figure, typically with a past, taciturn to a fault, and possessed of sterling character when it comes to women, particularly the heroine that he is destined to rescue or protect.

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