tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post6949811765109388833..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: Doc Dillahay (aka Six-Gun Doctor) by Paul S. PowersEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-60129001382420681372010-02-05T19:13:39.612-08:002010-02-05T19:13:39.612-08:00I've been looking for a copy of this forever. ...I've been looking for a copy of this forever. I'll find one someday soon.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-15258160933806624722010-02-05T12:16:01.984-08:002010-02-05T12:16:01.984-08:00And Richter's novel Todd mentions is an excell...And Richter's novel Todd mentions is an excellent one, too.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-42532021194687535232010-02-05T11:37:42.637-08:002010-02-05T11:37:42.637-08:00Oh, there are lots of Easterns...Conrad Richter...Oh, there are lots of Easterns...Conrad Richter's THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST...Fenimore Cooper's famous bad novels...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-53441509131205439052010-02-05T10:46:10.651-08:002010-02-05T10:46:10.651-08:00Good question, Rick. "West of the Mississippi...Good question, Rick. "West of the Mississippi" is one of the generalities some publishers use to define the genre. I'm working on a piece of set in the East, but suspect publishers will consider it a western anyway, because it, like the tales you mention, has Indians in it. A prime example of an eastern non-western marketed as a western anyway is my favorite L'Amour novel, <i>Sackett</i>.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-69300918502424973822010-02-05T10:32:52.399-08:002010-02-05T10:32:52.399-08:00Interesting. By your definition, Evan, of west of ...Interesting. By your definition, Evan, of west of the Mississippi, what, then, are books set in the frontier years of the western expansion east of the Mississippi, such as he Leather stocking Tales?Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-73171949734159409662010-02-05T08:51:07.241-08:002010-02-05T08:51:07.241-08:00I hear what you're saying, Todd. I of course l...I hear what you're saying, Todd. I of course <i>like</i> westerns, old and new, and on average the writing being done today is far more literate and sophisticated than that of 1950. Under the broad definition of a western, it can be any story set west of the Mississippi between and within a certain time frame. But I think there's more to it than that. <br /><br />To explain what I feel differentiates historical fiction from western fiction would require a lengthy essay. And I don't mean to imply that one genre is superior to the other - they're just different. For now, it's simply something I feel in my gut. When I read a story that is clearly one or the other (such as this one) I know it. <br /><br />Another example of a story marketed as a western - but by my definition actually historical fiction, is Lance Howard's "Billy" from <i>A Fistful of Legends</i>, reviewed here earlier this week.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-72902153228369115322010-02-05T08:16:50.226-08:002010-02-05T08:16:50.226-08:00I suspect that you tread on some toes, Evan, when ...I suspect that you tread on some toes, Evan, when you make such a distinction between westerns and historical fiction. (And, for that matter, while your cited WWW stories might've been kid stuff, that magazine eventually grue up, too...and wasn't any worse for it...)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-44232078663017778992010-02-05T06:36:46.220-08:002010-02-05T06:36:46.220-08:00I'll be searching for this now. Wonderful rev...I'll be searching for this now. Wonderful review!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-40734670575969240152010-02-05T05:41:27.610-08:002010-02-05T05:41:27.610-08:00This name has become special to all of us.This name has become special to all of us.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-60263336931516357632010-02-05T05:24:48.851-08:002010-02-05T05:24:48.851-08:00Thanks, Dave for such a wonderful review. I agree ...Thanks, Dave for such a wonderful review. I agree with all of your comments. My grandfather's knowledge of medicine obviously came from his father's background. Another thing that struck me when I first read the book was its forward thinking on the subjects of alcoholism and venereal disease - you didn't see that too much in 1940s popular fiction. <br /><br />Richard, the name Dillahay was his grandmothers: Susan Dillahey. I always thought it was unfortunate he used it because it was too much like Doc Holliday...but then that's just me.Laurie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429604692700662254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-31384901650877624292010-02-05T02:46:55.552-08:002010-02-05T02:46:55.552-08:00Another great review, Thanks, Evan!
I really have...Another great review, Thanks, Evan!<br /><br />I really have to take the plunge and try to read more western/frontier fiction. I have a couple of things here I could pick up if only I'd remember to do it when I was between books (which is usually about half an hour). This one sounds pretty interesting. My first reaction seeing the cover it was to think <em>Dillion...Dillahay...that can't be a coincidence</em>. Then I saw this is historical fiction. Still... Perhaps he should have tried to publish the second book under a pseudonym with another publisher, even an academic press.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-86810626758820475092010-02-05T00:12:48.224-08:002010-02-05T00:12:48.224-08:00It is very satisfying to see Paul's star on th...It is very satisfying to see Paul's star on the rise after all these years. But talent is like that--you can't hold it down.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-80775341727474065012010-02-04T23:03:52.500-08:002010-02-04T23:03:52.500-08:00"Even then, they just didn't get it."..."Even then, they just didn't get it." What a shame that was, and is. I enjoyed the Beat to a Pulp crime short and will be looking forward to David and Elaine's print anthology. And, of course, anything else Laurie can get into print.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.com