Robert J. ConleyCritiques
Auteur de Mountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears
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juniperSun | Mar 29, 2020 | The content of this book is solid and well-researched. The writing style is what left me wanting a little more. The majority of the sentences in this book follow the classic SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT. Standard 'vanilla' verbs were used, and there is not a lot of description of setting/place. For anyone reading this book who is not familiar with the southeastern portion of the United States, I don't think they will have distinct mental picture of the setting. Overall, I liked this book, but not a favorite.
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tntbeckyford | 1 autre critique | Feb 16, 2019 | Kid Parmlee, his Paw and his buddy Zeb ride into Fosterville for drink, food and sex, but are immediately accused of having robbed a stagecoach and killed the driver. While the sheriff was a friend of the Kid, the description of the three bandits fit to a T the three men facing a shotgun in the hands of the sheriff. The three break out of jail with assistance of a female friend of the Kid's leaving the sheriff stark naked in his own jail cell to be discovered and embarrassed by the local citizens.
Once out, they decide to search for the three stage robbers who are now also robbing banks. Their quest is interrupted when they befriend the citizens of a mining town who are being harassed by claim jumpers and the Kid and Zeb start a shooting war against the claim jumpers.
Often the heroes of western novels have few weaknesses but the Kid has a couple that prove very embarrassing to him in the story. His fear of heights freezes him on a ledge 100's of feet up and he looks down. The consequences of his rescue are very embarrassing as is his low tolerance for whiskey which sees him black out in front of a full saloon.
Conley's style is to never have a slow moment and he adds characters who really have no role in the narrative but add flavour to the atmosphere. Read this on a wilderness canoe/camping trip in Algonquin Park. Not even the many horse and deer flies could interrupt the story.
Once out, they decide to search for the three stage robbers who are now also robbing banks. Their quest is interrupted when they befriend the citizens of a mining town who are being harassed by claim jumpers and the Kid and Zeb start a shooting war against the claim jumpers.
Often the heroes of western novels have few weaknesses but the Kid has a couple that prove very embarrassing to him in the story. His fear of heights freezes him on a ledge 100's of feet up and he looks down. The consequences of his rescue are very embarrassing as is his low tolerance for whiskey which sees him black out in front of a full saloon.
Conley's style is to never have a slow moment and he adds characters who really have no role in the narrative but add flavour to the atmosphere. Read this on a wilderness canoe/camping trip in Algonquin Park. Not even the many horse and deer flies could interrupt the story.
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lamour | 1 autre critique | Jul 17, 2018 | Marshall Baijack tells this story in first person and what a story it is – although it might take you a bit to get into the dialect Baijack uses it is a fun read all in all.
Marshall Baijack is not a learned man but he has managed to clean up Asininity by the time Herman Sly “The Widowmaker” rides into town. Sly kills for money but never draws his gun first and more than one person in town thinks he might have come to kill them. The story has gunfights, fistfights, drunks, a whore with a heart of gold, and a whole lot more. Part of the story is the development of the friendship between Sly and Baijack and what an interesting friendship it is. If you are looking for a sometimes humorous bawdy brawling Western then this book might be one you should pick up.
Thank you to Endeavour Press for the copy of this book to read and review.
Marshall Baijack is not a learned man but he has managed to clean up Asininity by the time Herman Sly “The Widowmaker” rides into town. Sly kills for money but never draws his gun first and more than one person in town thinks he might have come to kill them. The story has gunfights, fistfights, drunks, a whore with a heart of gold, and a whole lot more. Part of the story is the development of the friendship between Sly and Baijack and what an interesting friendship it is. If you are looking for a sometimes humorous bawdy brawling Western then this book might be one you should pick up.
Thank you to Endeavour Press for the copy of this book to read and review.
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CathyGeha | Feb 11, 2016 | Once you become comfortable with the vernacular Kid Parmlee grows on you. lol.
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tcards | 1 autre critique | Jul 23, 2014 | Conley is an award winning author who is very adept at making the Wild West come to life. It was a time when lives were often cut short, when differences of opinion were likely to be settled with a gun, and the physically strong and the devious were often the ones who survived. Read the rest of my review at http://popcornreads.com/?p=1745
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PopcornReads | Sep 20, 2011 | I rate this so low because I wanted to read a "Historical Fiction" novel and what I got was pure fantasy. One example of poor historical research is locating the Calusa tribe nearer to St. Augustine than the Timucuan tribe. The author even seems to believe horses were abundant during that period of time.
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rareflorida | 2 autres critiques | Sep 5, 2007 | I was slightly disappointed in this story, compared to other works by Mr Conley about the Cherokee. I wonder if he felt inhibited telling a story of the Creek, traditional enemies of the Cherokee, even though he was encouraged to do so by his Creek friends. At any rate, the storytelling seems stiff, stilted and "just the facts" almost.
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foovay | Aug 26, 2007 | Book ? of Conley's history of the Cherokees from just before contact to present. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | Apr 5, 2007 | Book ? of Conley's history of the Cherokees from just before contact to present. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | 2 autres critiques | Apr 5, 2007 | Book ? of Conley's history of the Cherokees from just before contact to present. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | Apr 5, 2007 | Book 5 of Conley's history of the Cherokees from just before contact to present. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | Apr 5, 2007 | Part of the Real People Series which describes the history of the Cherokee People. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | 1 autre critique | Apr 5, 2007 | Book 4 of Conley's history of the Cherokees from just before contact to present. Excellent.
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wisewoman32 | Mar 15, 2007 | This book is a great example of historical fiction. Written by a Cherokee, the novel explores the life of a strong Cherokee woman from 1580 through the mid 1600s. (al)
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This historical novel provided a unique view of colonial history (late 1500s to mid-1600s) from two perspectives. An award winning author and poet, Conley http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/conley/ provides a Cherokee viewpoint and the main character is a strong female leader. (lj)½
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This historical novel provided a unique view of colonial history (late 1500s to mid-1600s) from two perspectives. An award winning author and poet, Conley http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/conley/ provides a Cherokee viewpoint and the main character is a strong female leader. (lj)½
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eduscapes | 2 autres critiques | Nov 27, 2006 | Liens
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Some stories were written in the first person, which made it easy to believe it was Conley himself that the story was about--until you notice the year, or until you read in his acceptance speech that "...writers, painters, sculptors, musicians, actors, dancers, bank robbers, boxers...the writer is the most fortunate of the bunch, for he can write himself into any or all of these characters."
Otherwise, the four included speeches were nothing special.