tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post2303040379005963941..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Dorothy Johnson, The Hanging Tree (1957)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-36804192792181218322014-03-31T09:45:11.786-07:002014-03-31T09:45:11.786-07:00Johnson is one of those writers that seems thin, b...Johnson is one of those writers that seems thin, but has so much more going on -- you really need to read her stories more than once. Great post.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-63983916586575895632014-03-29T14:45:20.132-07:002014-03-29T14:45:20.132-07:00I vaguely remember seeing the movie, but like Gary...I vaguely remember seeing the movie, but like Gary Cooper in anything. Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-67168281992702033672014-03-28T09:23:33.326-07:002014-03-28T09:23:33.326-07:00Loved the book andm frankly, liked her storyline b...Loved the book andm frankly, liked her storyline better than the movie, though I did enjpy it as well.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-89361557857371809482014-03-28T09:17:06.061-07:002014-03-28T09:17:06.061-07:00Dorothy Johnson was the rare woman writing commerc...Dorothy Johnson was the rare woman writing commercial western fiction, and was initially forced to publish as D. M. Johnson to conceal her gender. But she triumphed in a male marketplace. Her stories, such as this one, drove a wedge into the all-male world of western fiction. But only a wedge. The few female authors currently writing about the Old West rarely write genre-type stories, and tend to be more "literary." It's as if women had no part in settling and civilizing the West. Look at a broad selection of contemporary mass-market stories and see for yourself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-62194157438275786452014-03-28T06:20:25.617-07:002014-03-28T06:20:25.617-07:00I'll have to check it out. I haven't come ...I'll have to check it out. I haven't come across it. My reading has not been as widespread as I once believed.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com