tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post5155212794601633627..comments2024-03-14T01:51:27.974-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Old West glossary, no. 56Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-69099721124855782192013-02-14T08:49:36.008-08:002013-02-14T08:49:36.008-08:00The length of the muzzle makes that rifle especial...The length of the muzzle makes that rifle especially imposing. I missed your review; will look for it.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-65780579634109955482013-02-14T04:14:14.385-08:002013-02-14T04:14:14.385-08:00I used the same picture of the Sharps rifle in my ...I used the same picture of the Sharps rifle in my review of BUCHANAN'S SIEGE for FFB last week. It must have been quite a deadly firearm during the war. Here it nearly helps Tom Buchanan win his against the Cattleman’s Association. The rifle seemed to have been made for mountain man Dan Badger who fearlessly wields the rifle in the story. I ought to pay more attention to forgotten and unusual terms in western fiction.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-51117444334719888112013-02-11T16:41:13.744-08:002013-02-11T16:41:13.744-08:00Yes, there is the occasional telephone in westerns...Yes, there is the occasional telephone in westerns from this period, along with the occasional automobile. "Party call" shows up in Raine's WYOMING, and it seems to refer to a kind of social call in which one person reciprocates to a previous social meeting. A man shows up at a ranch and says to the heroine, "I came over to pay my party call."Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-28237234439342716932013-02-11T14:41:02.544-08:002013-02-11T14:41:02.544-08:00What year is the term "party call" from?...What year is the term "party call" from? I would assume that it means a telephone call on a party line.<br /><br />(When I first started reading "older" Westersn, I remember being surprised at a reference to a telephone in one of Spearman's books).Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.com