Buddies in the Saddle
The frontier West in history, myth, film, and popular fiction
Friday, May 31, 2013
Frank Norris,
McTeague
(1899)
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This is a cunningly harsh story of ignorance and avarice. It barely qualifies as an early western, and then only in its last thre...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Robert W. Service,
The Trail of ’98:
A Northland Romance
(1910)
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Robert W. Service (1874-1958) was already a household name when his first novel was published. He’d become famous as the writer of...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Old West glossary, no. 65
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Here’s another set of forgotten and obsolete terms gleaned from early western fiction. Definitions were discovered in various on...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Two Rode Together
(1961)
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John Ford brings a light touch to this story of a subject he treated once before in The Searchers (1956). James Stewart is the “...
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Monday, May 27, 2013
John D. Nesbitt,
Dark Prairie
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Review and interview To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this western is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. The enigma in this cas...
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
BITS is three years old
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Desert morning sky, moon over vapor trails Somehow three years have come and gone—and a gazillion words posted here. Blogger...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Saturday music, Elvis
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"Treat Me Nice" from Jailhouse Rock (1957) Coming up: John D. Nesbitt, Dark Prairie
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