tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post8438529975335543478..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Pauline Bradford Mackie, The Voice in the Desert (1903)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-72670483170475804512012-03-25T06:49:30.560-07:002012-03-25T06:49:30.560-07:00The desert had a symbolic power for early western ...The desert had a symbolic power for early western writers, which may have been what women writers were responding to. For male writers, the desert-story often involved survival or reclamation (irrigation projects). Zane Grey brought both strands together in his first novel, THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-22484894945364210292012-03-25T06:43:11.470-07:002012-03-25T06:43:11.470-07:00Sophisticated a good word for it. It's a novel...Sophisticated a good word for it. It's a novel that reads like it has literary aspirations.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-2057762375049808732012-03-24T11:59:01.865-07:002012-03-24T11:59:01.865-07:00This is a fine selection for a desert story. Inter...This is a fine selection for a desert story. Interesting that women writers should have been the first to discover the desert southwest and write about it. There's nothing in the desert and yet these writers are weaving fascinating stories around it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-60111843661369365922012-03-23T05:44:30.041-07:002012-03-23T05:44:30.041-07:00It sounds as it was a rather sophisticated novel. ...It sounds as it was a rather sophisticated novel. Certainly, the desert is a place of inspiration.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.com