Books and Stories about the Old West

The Causey Trail

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Sy Causey was a careful man, one used to the dangers of the wild, western frontier. His skill with weapons had been honed by years of living in a harsh land and facing hard men. In a casual flirtation with a beautiful woman who challenged him to take a job hunting wolves on her father's ranch, he quickly learns that the real reason he was hired was to hunt a man--a man more wolf than man.Sy Causey discovered that he's tracking a man with skills to match his own. Indeed, the man has an uncanny ability to evade Causey, whose skill at tracking was second to none. But, Causey finds himself hunted and in an explosive exchange of gunfire with this strange man with the instincts of a wolf, is trapped in a crevice and nearly killed. When he is found by a ranch hand, he returns to the ranch, only to discover that the woman he has fallen in love with has been taken by this strange man. Causey sets out on the trail and soon learns who he is tracking. He knows the man very well. They'd grown up together.The knowledge brought cold fear that settled into his[Read More about this valuable product]

Book Review Texas History and the Comanche Indians

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:12:36 +0000

The Comanche were the best light cavalry in the entire hemisphere, if not the planet. Gwynne says of the Comanche: "No one could out ride them or outshoot them from the back of a horse."

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The Western Character in Westerns

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:34:40 +0000

Writers of western fiction vary in their treatment of characters, especially the lead characters and the villans. Zane Grey, for example, always portrayed the hero as this solitary figure, typically with a past, taciturn to a fault, and possessed of sterling character when it comes to women, particularly the heroine that he is destined to rescue or protect.

For the Writers: Describing the Western Fiction Character

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:01:28 +0000

The character in a western fiction novel may not have to conform to any particular description of his or her features, but if you want to lend credibility to your character, you’ll put some description that conforms to the period as well as to the culture, and to the kind of work done by the character.