Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Books BITS enjoyed in 2014

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Here’s a  top-15  list of novels,  novellas,  and short story collections by writers of frontier fiction reviewed here at BITS this year. ...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Illustrators of early frontier fiction, Maynard Dixon, cont.

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Magazine cover, 1904, Maynard Dixon Last week I blogged one day about the artist Maynard Dixon , with examples of his book illustratio...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Adventures

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Bus ride My wife Lynda and I have gone through many a rough patch in 49 years of marriage with a mantra: “We’re resourceful people; th...
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Friday, December 26, 2014

Edward A. Grainger, Further Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles

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As part of his education of a pulp writer , David Cranmer has been reinventing the traditional western over the past several years with ...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Christmas wishes

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I wish you a holiday season that is mellow as Oscar Peterson's music. May the days bring all you hope for and a n...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Role switch

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Snowflake lights for the holiday This will be short. My wife fell Friday and broke her upper arm. We were at a cabin in the pine woods...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Illustrators of early frontier fiction: Maynard Dixon

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Maynard Dixon Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) was a California-born illustrator and painter, whose work often captured the spirit...
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