tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post8890707675186425228..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: O. Henry: Western writerRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-39638100930269758342012-05-08T12:40:45.227-07:002012-05-08T12:40:45.227-07:00Thanks, I'll get this novel!Thanks, I'll get this novel!La Chevalier de Ribeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729607478177712300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-8500492895618131082012-05-08T11:57:11.328-07:002012-05-08T11:57:11.328-07:00O. Henry gets a mention by a character in an early...O. Henry gets a mention by a character in an early Dane Coolidge novel, HIDDEN WATER, along with a couple other contemporary western writers. I think that was the first time I'd seen a reference to him as a western writer.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-46254477328665733722012-05-08T11:54:18.662-07:002012-05-08T11:54:18.662-07:00Off hand, I'd say any novels having to do with...Off hand, I'd say any novels having to do with exploring and early immigrant overland journeys. For example, Richard Wheeler's SNOWBOUND, a historical novel about Fremont's search for a route across the Rockies.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-15656509680605067642012-05-08T11:48:36.155-07:002012-05-08T11:48:36.155-07:00And we thank you for that note, Sage.And we thank you for that note, Sage.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-7623849174845826232012-05-07T21:29:12.615-07:002012-05-07T21:29:12.615-07:00And he was born in North Carolina (as a Tarheel, I...And he was born in North Carolina (as a Tarheel, I thought I'd have to mention that)sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-29809192997152501052012-05-07T15:39:29.148-07:002012-05-07T15:39:29.148-07:00I follow your blog regularly and I'm learnin a...I follow your blog regularly and I'm learnin a lot about the Western Novel/Western Fiction. Unfortunately, in Europe it seems that we only get the movies.<br />I'm doing a research paper for college and need to know some titles of novels whose theme is the search for gold, a person, an animal or a specific space.<br />If you know any title about the Search/Quest motif, <br />I would be happy to take note of it.<br />My email is etresange@gmail.com<br /><br />Thank you very much in advance.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br /><br />Le ChevalierLa Chevalier de Ribeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729607478177712300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-26200488706562673052012-05-07T15:28:31.227-07:002012-05-07T15:28:31.227-07:00Being of a lazy disposition he very naturally quit...Being of a lazy disposition he very naturally quitted active life and took to his desk. <br /><br />Love that line.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-17371844540778633232012-05-07T10:01:15.993-07:002012-05-07T10:01:15.993-07:00Ingenious is right. I consider him an influence, ...Ingenious is right. I consider him an influence, though I don't come close.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-24973527707647553952012-05-07T09:59:34.452-07:002012-05-07T09:59:34.452-07:00Ingenious is the word for it. I'm amazed at h...Ingenious is the word for it. I'm amazed at his tales. AN influence on me, although I can't come close.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-91447181154509611542012-05-07T06:16:19.695-07:002012-05-07T06:16:19.695-07:00It's always neat to see contemporary accounts ...It's always neat to see contemporary accounts of authors or reviews of their work, accustomed as we are to looking at it from so many years' distance. I think Henry is under-appreciated as a Western writer—<i>Heart of the West</i> is great, of course, but there's some even better Western stories scattered through his other collections that most people probably haven't heard of.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.com