tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post6910961059778077942..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Women writers of the WestRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-43524181509231289482012-11-16T07:11:44.501-08:002012-11-16T07:11:44.501-08:00You know, another female author who touched on Wes...You know, another female author who touched on Western settings was, somewhat surprisingly, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her novels were mostly set on Prince Edward Island. But I've been reading her short fiction, and she frequently mentions characters going out west to settle or work on a ranch on the Canadian prairie. She actually set a few short stories out there—a romance on a RCMP post, and a couple Christmas stories about homesteading families.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-84936582075043604782012-11-15T07:19:55.159-08:002012-11-15T07:19:55.159-08:00A truly remarkable list. I've forwarded it to ...A truly remarkable list. I've forwarded it to my English professor wife, who is interested in this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-75520311488632308072012-11-15T00:14:28.030-08:002012-11-15T00:14:28.030-08:00Ron, this is really some list, thank you. I'm ...Ron, this is really some list, thank you. I'm familiar with some of these women writers, like Marah Ellis Ryan, B.M. Bower, Gertrude Atherton and Helen Hunt Jackson, though I'm not sure I have read any of their western stories or novels. I have come across and even read a couple of mining camp stories in the backdrop of the Old West as well as heroic tales about life on the Frontier.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-29890794106585629992012-11-14T12:45:06.793-08:002012-11-14T12:45:06.793-08:00Wow, that's quite a list and to think they'...Wow, that's quite a list and to think they're available electronically for freesagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-91600898408533193002012-11-14T09:02:53.087-08:002012-11-14T09:02:53.087-08:00Patti, when the central characters are women, they...Patti, when the central characters are women, they are typically young, unmarried, and independent. Romance may figure into the plot, but that was pretty much common among all the western writers of the time. It may help to think of them as writing mainstream popular fiction, with the themes and ideas you'd find anywhere but given a western setting.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-35697778607248199912012-11-14T07:43:49.863-08:002012-11-14T07:43:49.863-08:00That is an amazing statistic. I guess romance out ...That is an amazing statistic. I guess romance out west or family life out west. accounted for a lot of these. But maybe I am wrong in that assumptionpattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-29624474722773726882012-11-14T06:15:15.200-08:002012-11-14T06:15:15.200-08:00Great list. Many on here I need to explore, althou...Great list. Many on here I need to explore, although I have read some.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com