Buddies in the Saddle

The frontier West in history, myth, film, and popular fiction

Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Spinners’ Book of Fiction (1907)

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Living in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake, Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928) lost her home and a priceless personal library in ...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Mystery Road

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Bit of a switch today. This “western” takes place in the outback of Queensland in modern-day Australia. Its central character is an Abor...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Chemo sabe

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Morning sky I’ve been sick this week. After a five-day cycle of chemo, my energy level is depleted, and I have no appetite for much of...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Andy Adams, Campfire Tales

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William H. Hudson collected these 51 stories told by cowboys around the evening campfires in four books by Andy Adams (1859-1935):  The ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Wanted: Dead or Alive, (1958-1961)

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In 1958, Steve McQueen emerged after some minor TV work to star in three  seasons (94 episodes) of the CBS TV series,  Wanted: Dead or A...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

View from the plateau

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Desert walk with clouds A year ago at this time I had cancer and was three months away from knowing it. This week we saw my oncologist...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Glossary additions

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Just in…25 more words for the Glossary of Frontier Fiction.  These are from Wilson M. Hudson ’s  collection of Andy Adams ’   campfire...
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Farm-raised in the Platte River valley of central Nebraska. Settled in Southern California. Near compulsive reader and film lover. Follow me on Twitter @rdscheer
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