Here's the weekly omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations from twitter [click to enlarge]. Follow me there @rdscheer.
Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
Coming up: Chuck Tyrell, Big Enough
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| Hetch Hetchy, side canyon, Yosemite, 1907. Artist: William Keith (1838-1911) |
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| Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1885 |
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| Walla Walla Valley, Washington, 1887 |
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| Tempe, Arizona, c1870 |
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| Yosemite Valley, California 1875. Artist: William Keith (1838-1911) |
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| Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1873 |
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| The Custer Leader, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1887 |
Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
Coming up: Chuck Tyrell, Big Enough
Those paintings? Fantastic. Wonderful. That shot of Tempe, Arizona, looks like opening scene from Hondo. Where he walks across the river towards the farm
ReplyDeleteUnusual when a western does not start with a lone rider coming out of the mountains, like SHANE.
DeleteBeautiful paintings. The "Job printing" sign seems unusual for 1887, although I know it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteI like the periods that come at the end of each line.
DeleteYesterday I finished reading John Muir's "1000 Mile Walk to the Gulf" and was surprised that the last part of the book about his walking through the south and traveling on to Cuba was about how beautiful the Sierras are--and they are. Nice paintings.
ReplyDeleteJust now reading about the Spanish-American war in Cuba and the Philippines. John Sayles: A MOMENT IN THE SUN.
ReplyDeleteIs it another giant novel by Sayles? Gotta say I hardly have the gumption to tackle something that big anymore. Have you read Elmore Leonard's CUBA LIBRE?
DeleteIt is giant, Duane, but actually comes in a few pages under LONESOME DOVE. Haven't read Leonard's book...yet.
DeleteI cannot imagine such tranquil settings. Certainly not part of my landscape.
ReplyDeleteTranquility can get on your nerves, Patti, if you give it enough time.
DeleteI love The Custer Leader one and the place name Broken Bow. Both would work well in a western story.... hmmmm.....
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