Buddies in the Saddle

The novels of Eugene Manlove Rhodes are short, and I’ve been reading more before moving on to another early western writer. He’s also fun to...

Ray Bradbury, 1975 Searching online for something else in the Saturday Evening Post archives, I found that they're reprinting old st...

It's Friday again, and I'm taking a break from the "literary" direction this blog has taken to look at early western movie...

Previously, we gave due regard to the early years of Eugene Manlove Rhodes in New Mexico, where he began as a writer. This time, let’s look ...

Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869-1934) is not exactly a forgotten western writer. He earned considerable appreciation among others, including Tex...

Last time we considered the cowboy world of the characters in Andy Adams’ novel and the absence of women and romance. This time, after a loo...

Last week I talked about Andy Adams’ theme of how the Old West way of doing business was being subverted. Today, let’s look at what else is ...