tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post3026017834769795991..comments2024-03-14T01:51:27.974-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Josh Garrett-Davis, Ghost DancesRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-88368126174857085262012-10-20T13:54:24.606-07:002012-10-20T13:54:24.606-07:00Thanks for the comment, Prashant. Realistic portra...Thanks for the comment, Prashant. Realistic portrayals have fared poorly in the marketplace. A new generation of readers might welcome more realism, but there's a hard core holding fast to the myth.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-73739504254236818922012-10-20T10:21:46.694-07:002012-10-20T10:21:46.694-07:00Ron, thanks very much for the book review and the ...Ron, thanks very much for the book review and the interview with its author. Your interviews provide a keen insight into the American West and I especially like the historical aspects of the Q&As. I wonder if modern writers of the western genre are looking anew at the way the west really was and not the way we know it to be. I'm referring to Garrett-Davis' remark about "disservice to the poor cowboy by mythologizing him beyond recognition." Can we expect a less glamourised and a more realistic cowboy in westerns of the future?Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-73123524084986250532012-10-20T08:41:11.994-07:002012-10-20T08:41:11.994-07:00Well said.Well said.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-37590733033707387722012-10-20T08:40:39.132-07:002012-10-20T08:40:39.132-07:00Garrett-Davis devotes a chapter or two to prairie ...Garrett-Davis devotes a chapter or two to prairie restoration, a subject far more complex than the average reader would imagine.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-37368071973884902952012-10-20T06:06:45.493-07:002012-10-20T06:06:45.493-07:00Thank you for introducing me to this fine book and...Thank you for introducing me to this fine book and author, and sharing his and your insights. Long ago I came to love the Montana plains far more than the storied beauty of its western alpine reaches. And I wrote about all that in a contemporary novel that expressed my love of the plains, heart and soul. I receive mailings from the American Prairie Reserve, which is devoted to preserving and restoring the plains. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-42525379222502536892012-10-19T06:20:43.773-07:002012-10-19T06:20:43.773-07:00The land gets into you and cannot be pried away, d...The land gets into you and cannot be pried away, drunk away, or slept away. The land abides.<br /><br />Enjoyable interview!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com