tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post9147821857263349943..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Hugh Pendexter, The Mantle of Red Evans (1914)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-76839782732431756242013-04-27T08:06:17.562-07:002013-04-27T08:06:17.562-07:00Of the handful of narrative elements required in a...Of the handful of narrative elements required in a western, especially movie westerns, the saloon is essential. During the 15 or so years of Prohibition in the US, drinking in movies must have also been somewhat of a cheap thrill for audiences.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-10287621328690106112013-04-27T06:05:39.932-07:002013-04-27T06:05:39.932-07:00Ron, I'm glad you finally got hold of this boo...Ron, I'm glad you finally got hold of this book and thanks for reviewing it so quickly. It does sound like a charming story. I wonder how many western novels have opened with a gunman walking into the saloon. If not in the opening, that setting is always somewhere in the story.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-68598212815985574392013-04-25T09:30:03.668-07:002013-04-25T09:30:03.668-07:00one of the great things about our modern world, to...one of the great things about our modern world, to be able to get the word out to many people about what you're looking for, and get help in finding it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-13658297984898843872013-04-25T08:42:42.520-07:002013-04-25T08:42:42.520-07:00Thanks, Walker, for the comments, and thanks for t...Thanks, Walker, for the comments, and thanks for the heads-up for PulpFlakes. I just recently came across that blog and am following. Good to know these old-time popular writers are finding a modern audience.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-14225732991442853522013-04-24T20:50:34.644-07:002013-04-24T20:50:34.644-07:00I just remembered that while I was at the Windy Ci...I just remembered that while I was at the Windy City Pulp Convention recently, I saw that Black Dog Books had reached an agreement with the heirs of Hugh Pendexter to publish several of his books and collections. Two or three are already available.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-58220138507986448902013-04-24T20:39:10.492-07:002013-04-24T20:39:10.492-07:00I like Pendexter's fiction and have read most ...I like Pendexter's fiction and have read most of his work in ADVENTURE MAGAZINE. By the way, the blog PULPFLAKES had an interesting article on Pendexter including an interview done by a newspaper. You can find it by going to google.com and typing Hugh Pendexter Pulpflakes.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com