tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post2657862423209471925..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Grace MacGowan Cooke and Alice MacGowan, Aunt Huldah (1904)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-41076920375480552622012-05-05T14:23:21.069-07:002012-05-05T14:23:21.069-07:00By my count, Shay, fully a third of writers of wes...By my count, Shay, fully a third of writers of western fiction in the years 1880-1905 were women. I haven't finished my research, but male writers seem to have begun crowding them out after that.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-76119682846207834272012-05-05T12:30:50.671-07:002012-05-05T12:30:50.671-07:00I have downloaded this to read later. I appreciat...I have downloaded this to read later. I appreciate the number of Westerns you have featured written by or about women. Adds another layer to the tapestry that was the American west.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-29125248488373957342012-05-04T18:19:57.882-07:002012-05-04T18:19:57.882-07:00The illustrator is a little pistol of a woman from...The illustrator is a little pistol of a woman from Montana who got her career going in New York and then returned to Montana, where she continued to work and lived into her 90s.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-67681022414803511122012-05-04T18:17:54.173-07:002012-05-04T18:17:54.173-07:00Thanks for the overview, Ron. This probably one I ...Thanks for the overview, Ron. This probably one I would have overlooked. I really like the illustrations. Not familiar with the artist. I'll need to look her up. Interesting to see a female artist on this domestic drama, at a time when mostly men cornered the book-illustration market.Duane Spurlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102074370101800708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-68197498842805604042012-05-03T07:29:15.500-07:002012-05-03T07:29:15.500-07:00You've made me aware of some of these types of...You've made me aware of some of these types of books that I would never have known existed. One can tell you're an educator!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com