tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post678868950285487418..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Alamo Bookshelf 1: A Line in the Sand, In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett & The Blazing DawnEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-20701207176528353692010-01-03T11:55:52.800-08:002010-01-03T11:55:52.800-08:00That's a lot more about Burke than I knew. I&...That's a lot more about Burke than I knew. I'm not sure why I connected this book to Lyle Engel in my mind. By the way, Engel didn't die until the mid-Eighties. I talked to him on the phone once around '84 or '85, when I started writing books for his packaging company.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-87473464811598953862010-01-03T11:36:20.710-08:002010-01-03T11:36:20.710-08:00Shucks, James. I'd never heard of that dude, s...Shucks, James. I'd never heard of that dude, so I looked him up. Sounds like an interesting tale. <br /><br /><i>The Blazing Dawn</i> was published in paperback in 1975, which seems to be nine years after Engel's death. The hardcover, <i>Devil on the Wall</i>, was issued by McClellan House of Waxahatchie, TX in 1987, and appears to be a perfectly respectable book. Burke is said to be a syndicated newspaper columnist living in Dallas, and this was supposedly is 15th major book, which has "solidified his reputation as one of the nation's most important writers of historical fiction." Yeah, right.<br /><br />I used to watch your show, Laurie. (Or should we call you Marlo?)Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-921310283579752932010-01-03T05:51:03.820-08:002010-01-03T05:51:03.820-08:00Great idea, Dave and much appreciated. As a lover ...Great idea, Dave and much appreciated. As a lover of history books, I'm always looking for the good authoritative books on a subject and this helps.Laurie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429604692700662254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-84331853701325164402010-01-03T05:16:43.037-08:002010-01-03T05:16:43.037-08:00Was THE BLAZING DAWN one of those books packaged b...Was THE BLAZING DAWN one of those books packaged by Lyle Kenyon Engel before he founded Book Creations Inc., or am I thinking of something else?James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com