Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
A LONE STAR CHRISTMAS
The Holiday Season for 2011 started early for me when I found this little goodie in my mailbox recently.
A LONE STAR CHRISTMAS brings together, for the first time in a holiday-themed novel, characters from William W. Johstone’s/J. A. Johnstone’s different Western series.
Those of us who love and read Western novels are very grateful that Jo picked up the Johnstone banner and continued writing the books that Uncle Bill would have done had his time here on Earth been longer. He would’ve been proud to see the name go on; I can think of no finer legacy than that.
This one looks to be especially fun because of the cross-over effect from a couple of the major Johnstone series. Maybe next Christmas we’ll get another novel of this type which will include Kid Morgan, the lead character from Jo’s series, THE LONER. We can only hope….
THE GHOST OF APACHE CREEK
I use the word “legacy” a lot in some of my write-ups here on Saddletramp Swami. I don’t, however, feel that I’m overusing it at all.
The legacy (ahem!) of Ralph Compton continues on with new novels, written in his name, by writers who have also made names for themselves in the field of Western literature.
Joseph A. West does the honors here for THE GHOST OF APACHE CREEK. The storyline appears to be that of a possibly mentally ill Town Marshal, Sam Pace, who keeps the peace (so to speak) in a town that only he lives in.
It is Sam’s contention that actual people, instead of the ghosts he sees in his mind, will return and bring the town, Requiem, to life again. A woman on the run and in fear for her life actually DOES show up in Requiem and Sam must bring his gunfighter skills back to the fore in order to protect her.
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