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Tag Archives: American West
My Ántonia
My Ántonia© 1918 Willa Cather175 pages An orphaned young boy and a young girl from another country arrive together in the Nebraska prairie, forging a friendship from their shared status as strangers in a new land despite their difficulties … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged American West, Classics Club, Classics Club Strikes Back, Willa Cather
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Postcards from Ed
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast© 2007 ed. David Petersen337 pages “Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.” Although I was first drawn to Ed Abbey by his nature … Continue reading
Lost on Purpose
Lost on Purpose: The Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man© 2015 Patrick Taylor187 pages The real adventure for me was letting go of everything I had defined as important and conducting another experiment with my life. Lost on Purpose … Continue reading
Recalled to life
Er. hi. Been a while. Today marks my partial return to work, as I’ve been readjusting to life the last few weeks. I’ve been reading steadily, but have not been home (lots of housesitting), and typing reviews on my laptop … Continue reading
Of shotgun riders and serial killers
Medical update: I saw the doctor today and he was extremely pleased with my progress. According to him, my blood chemistry could not look better! I managed a 4-block walk today from the hospital back to my hotel room, after … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, American West, crime, mystery, thriller
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A Hole in the Wind
A Hole in the Wind: A Climate Scientist’s Bicycle Journey Across the United States© 2017 David Goodrich304 pages A Hole in the Wind features a retired climate scientist touring from Delaware to to Oregon, speaking with people along the way … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged American West, bicycles, climate change, environmentalism, travel
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Wide open spaces: riding with state troopers and a British lass
Goals and ambitions disappear in the glow of Christmas lights, lost in the end-year hubbub and reflection. I’ve been taking it easy by reading a couple of on-the-job memoirs, one by a Nevada state trooper and the other by a … Continue reading
The Moon is Down | The Pearl | The Red Pony
Yesterday I made the mistake of having a sinus headache, and in our Brave New World of Perpetual Hypochondria, I was ordered to the doctor’s office to have my nose jabbed in search of the dreaded Beer Bug. To no … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged 1930s, American Literature, American West, John Steinbeck, WW2
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The Lost Outlaw
The Lost Outlaw © 2019 Paul Fraser Collard361 pages For the better part of a year, Jack Lark has been drifting across the war-worn South, working small jobs as he needs and generally avoiding society. For most of his adult … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged American Civil War, American West, historical fiction, Mexico, Paul Fraser Collard
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