tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post5662872090317221425..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Herman Whitaker, The Settler (1907)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-19673872853758498442013-07-16T21:29:12.424-07:002013-07-16T21:29:12.424-07:00What a cogent review, Ron. Yes, London biographers...What a cogent review, Ron. Yes, London biographers, of whom I am one, do discuss Whitaker. In fact, I'm writing an essay about London and his friends, and discovered your commentary. You make me want to read the book! And provided more information on Whitaker than I had come across in the past. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508211559882251310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-23126905819593641812012-07-14T12:53:34.898-07:002012-07-14T12:53:34.898-07:00He might interest you, Charles. If I remember righ...He might interest you, Charles. If I remember right, he had a Louisiana connection and wrote N.O.-based fiction, too.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-13659412437425194982012-07-14T12:52:11.620-07:002012-07-14T12:52:11.620-07:00Reminds me, I should check London's bio to see...Reminds me, I should check London's bio to see if there's mention of Whitaker and other 2nd-string novelists whose paths crossed his in California. Thanks.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-47765762667604937812012-07-14T12:50:53.855-07:002012-07-14T12:50:53.855-07:00The railroads then were like the Interstate highwa...The railroads then were like the Interstate highway system today, with similar effects.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-73542121289525007702012-07-14T05:40:06.709-07:002012-07-14T05:40:06.709-07:00Ron, this must be one of many fascinating stories ...Ron, this must be one of many fascinating stories built around the Canadian Pacific Railway that transported people and goods across vast stretches of land in both Canada and the US and, I believe, had a tremendous influence on early settlements on the Canadian side.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-63301252178417072112012-07-13T12:14:08.282-07:002012-07-13T12:14:08.282-07:00Thanks for the review. I read the recent bio of L...Thanks for the review. I read the recent bio of London and had intended to read some work of his and his contemporaries but never got to it.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-36690701089737844362012-07-12T11:28:51.210-07:002012-07-12T11:28:51.210-07:00Don't think I've read anything by him. Thi...Don't think I've read anything by him. This seems the place to start most likely. I did see 3 bad men as a movie, I think.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-21092337848025639892012-07-12T08:52:29.350-07:002012-07-12T08:52:29.350-07:00I could not find an original cover for this one, P...I could not find an original cover for this one, Patti, and don't know what a dust jacket would have looked like. I know there were illustrated covers for cowboy novels already before 1900. N.C.Wyeth was doing colorful illustrations for western novel dust jackets shortly after the turn of the century. Maynard Dixon, too.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-46807998242275484522012-07-12T08:09:25.864-07:002012-07-12T08:09:25.864-07:00I wonder when more elaborate covers began to show ...I wonder when more elaborate covers began to show up in western novels.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com