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Bill Gulick

Auteur de Roadside History of Oregon

33+ oeuvres 282 utilisateurs 5 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Bill Gulick, Bill Gulick was born in 1916 in Missouri. He does not consider what he writes to be westerns, but merely stories set in the West. He has written such books as, "Bend of the Snake" and "Liveliest Town in the West."

Œuvres de Bill Gulick

Roadside History of Oregon (1991) 65 exemplaires
A Traveler's History of Washington (1996) 34 exemplaires
Sur la piste de la grande caravane (The Hallelujah Trail ) (1965) — Original book — 29 exemplaires
Snake River Country (1971) 21 exemplaires
Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest (2000) 17 exemplaires
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — Auteur — 11 exemplaires
They Came to a Valley (1966) 9 exemplaires
Manhunt (1999) 5 exemplaires
The moon-eyed Appaloosa (1962) 5 exemplaires

Oeuvres associées

A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Contributeur — 104 exemplaires
Les Affameurs (Bend of the River) (1952) — Original book — 47 exemplaires
The Best of the American West II (1999) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
The Western Hall of Fame Anthology (1997) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Date de naissance
1916-02-22
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Lieux de résidence
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Prix et distinctions
Saddleman Award (1983)

Membres

Critiques

Elaborate comedy mix-ups in a faux-Western. Not PC in any way whatsoever.
Watched a long time ago and loved it. Re-watched with a son's teen-aged children, who walked out sporadically when the action slowed down; it seems a little sillier now, and is definitely much slower-paced than current films, but was still hilarious.
 
Signalé
librisissimo | 1 autre critique | Mar 16, 2015 |
This book is vol. 1 in a trilogy. A story about St.Louis, the frontier, the Nez Perce and several generations of one family during the Lewis and Clark era.
½
 
Signalé
tjblue | Aug 28, 2010 |
Bill Gulick is one of the premier authors of Northwest history.
 
Signalé
csmalibrary | May 24, 2008 |
FROM THE JACKET: "Bill Gulick is obviously on the side of deviltry and disorder and his characters have a warmth and likability that you can't resist. He's given his own special twist to the ancient and disreputable American tradition of the tall tale and comes up with some of the freshest entertainment of the season..." FROM THE FOREWARD by the author: "If all the ornery reprobates of the Old West that deserved hanging had been hanged the population of the country this side of the Mississippi would be considerably smaller than it is today. It's lots more fun to write about ornery, contrary characters than it is about good ones. Upright people are sadly limited in the things they can do, but the ornery character can do anything that comes into his head. The stories in this collection have one thing in common: they're full of uninhibited characters whose antics I had fun describing..."… (plus d'informations)
 
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janehutchi | Sep 16, 2007 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
33
Aussi par
6
Membres
282
Popularité
#82,539
Évaluation
½ 3.5
Critiques
5
ISBN
50

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