tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post7524734588143952561..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Susan Carleton Jones, Out of Drowning Valley (1910)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-89863323384829440902013-01-07T12:38:14.171-08:002013-01-07T12:38:14.171-08:00Great vid, thanks, Brian. It could have come strai...Great vid, thanks, Brian. It could have come straight from the early westerns I've read by Canadian writers. It's worth noting that Texans had a similar reputation as wild and ungovernable in the northern territories of the U.S.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-76883520660553633362013-01-07T10:17:44.102-08:002013-01-07T10:17:44.102-08:00Another Canadian writer about whom I knew nothing....Another Canadian writer about whom I knew nothing. Thank you for the introduction, Ron. Though I don't know much about Canadian westerns, I did study the history of Western Canada in school. Without going into things in any detail, I think your comparative overview is spot on.<br /><br />Coincidentally, while reading your thoughts on <i>Out of Drowning Valley</i>, I couldn't help but think of the NWMP and their scarlet tunics. I'm sure that the author intended this in naming Red Scarlett.<br /><br />There is an amusing 'Heritage Minute' video, based on a real incident, that touches a bit on the differences. You can see it <a href="http://youtu.be/Lab6gyWsMXo" rel="nofollow">here on YouTube</a>.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-23175752790445028362013-01-07T08:16:46.826-08:002013-01-07T08:16:46.826-08:00Prashant, in the fiction of frontier Canada that I...Prashant, in the fiction of frontier Canada that I've read, there is less gun and vigilance-related violence but enough to suggest that it was not uncommon. To properly answer your question would take a historian, which I'm not.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-42995152377288929762013-01-05T23:37:12.650-08:002013-01-05T23:37:12.650-08:00Ron, thanks for the insight, all new to me. I have...Ron, thanks for the insight, all new to me. I have heard about the North West Mounted Police which is today the RCMP but didn't know the former were on par with US Marshals and Texas Rangers. Were there fewer gunfights and public lynching in the Canadian West? The part about the Canadian attitudes, different in the east and west, is really interesting. I hope to read some Canadian fiction, Western and other, this year.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-4082070809736766702013-01-05T11:35:39.262-08:002013-01-05T11:35:39.262-08:00Prashant, there are a few interesting differences....Prashant, there are a few interesting differences. The role of the NW Mounted Police was markedly different from that of U.S. Marshals and organizations like the Texas Rangers. Conflict with the natives was also less genocidal. Alcohol was more aggressively policed on the Canadian frontier. Americans in Canada tend to be disliked for pretty much the same reasons as today.<br /><br />There is a more congenial attitude toward Eastern Canada and the Mother Country, although remittance men from England are frequently scorned, a factor that doesn't show up in American westerns, where all English tend to be scorned. <br /><br />Which westerns have been studied more, I couldn't tell you. Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-51997794995924350402013-01-05T09:59:07.663-08:002013-01-05T09:59:07.663-08:00Ron, I have never read fiction about the Canadian ...Ron, I have never read fiction about the Canadian West or Canadian Indians though going by your fine review of this book there seem to be a lot of similarities between the two Wests, the names, the characters, and the setting, for instance. However, I'm assuming the stories about the Canadian West are more studied than those of the American West.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-79145664344879405632013-01-04T08:50:38.865-08:002013-01-04T08:50:38.865-08:00Absolute evil is especially interesting. John Milt...Absolute evil is especially interesting. John Milton demonstrated that with Satan in "Paradise Lost." Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-44849949431057616752013-01-04T08:03:44.164-08:002013-01-04T08:03:44.164-08:00I sometimes crave the simple idea of absolute good...I sometimes crave the simple idea of absolute good and evil in stories. I did it myself in the Talera books. It serves to call attention to certain aspects of good and evil very well.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com