Beyond the Big River: and other western stories
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0595399223 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He and his wife Pat live in Wickenburg, Arizona. He?s a member of the Western Writers of America and the author of When Good Men Ride, A Certain Justice, Two From the West, The Reprobates, and others. Beyond the Big River is the seventh published book by Chuck Lewis
Forgoing the standard heroics and shoot-'em-up action found in formula westerns, this collection of stories intimately explores the people and their continual struggle with themselves and each other as they seek their own brand of justice.. These narratives of human interest are all wrapped up in themes of mystery, death, love, and dedication. Such are the men and women who fill the pages of ten new intriguing tales of the American west of the nineteenth century. The fateful trials of a wagon train crossing the Mississippi River; the entertaining conversation between two old-timers killing time instead of bad men; a sheriff with heart trouble still trying to do his job on the plains of Kansas; a touching Wyoming tale of an aging rancher out for revenge; a Boston lady discovering violence in Tombstone, Arizona; the poignant memoir of a youth facing a gallows in Texas; a wounded marshal caught up in a disturbing family death near Cripple Creek, Colorado; a desperate man full of love for his dying wife in Dodge City, Kansas; an Arizona posse out for the kill; and an injured gambler cared for by a traveling troupe of prostitutes in Nevada
"Beyond The Big River" according to Dan W. Baker. This is a collection of 10 short stories by Chuck Lewis.This is a one day or less read, because you can't put it down once you've started! Everything is in this book: Love, lust, murder, honor, gunfights, wagon wrecks, marraige, death,drama, romance and just generally a cross section of life in the old west. This book is like ice cream on a Sunday afternoon in August. A real treat.It goes with my special books.. "I think Chuck Lewis is turning me because I thoroughly enjoyed every one of the stories in this book" according to Robert Pepper. So, I've been a Chuck Lewis fan long before I read Beyond The Big River. You might think my review of this one is biased. I'll admit to a bias for Mr. Lewis' writing, over most other Western writers, but I'm not a fan of short stories in general. I think Chuck Lewis is turning me because I thoroughly enjoyed every one of the stories in this book. That's unusual. I'm hard to please.
About the Author Beyond the Big River is the seventh published book by Chuck Lewis. He?s a member of the Western Writers of America and the author of When Good Men Ride, A Certain Justice, Two From the West, The Reprobates, and others. . He and his wife Pat live in Wickenburg, Arizona