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Title: Bloody Season by Loren D. Estleman, Norman D. Dietz ISBN: 0-7927-2304-X Publisher: Chivers Audio Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Clear distinctions
Comment: Of the hundreds of books written about Tombstone and the Arizona Territory during the times of the Clanton and Earps I'd give this one the highest marks. Although it's a fictionalized history, Estleman manages to capture several traits concerning the period I've never seen in non-fiction.
No US Territory during the 19th Century was exactly the shiny ideal we're tempted to assign to America. While the Tombstone marshals Earp faction were battling the Presidential appointed Territorial Governor appointed Sheriff Behan/Clanton faction in Territorial Arizona over who could seize power, steal the most cattle, rob the most stage-coaches loaded with silver from the nearby mines, similar events were happening in New Mexico and other Territories. Estleman re-creates the nature of this politically motivated war for raw power descended directly from Washington DC as few writers have managed to do. The author is also careful to explain to his readers where he's deviated from documented fact, such as in the details of conversations between the parties.
Estleman also avoids the pitfalls of so many writers by seeing a clear distinction between courage and heroism. Men willing to enthusiastically face other armed men in gun battles from a distance of a few feet are certainly in possession of fearlessness, or courage. In Tombstone, Arizona, such fearlessness was rife on both sides of the local war. The author succeeds in communicating the fact that such profound courage doesn't necessarily accompany virtue of any other sort. Tombstone was a war between brave men of ambition. The ground they fought for was profit and naked power. Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm giving this book five stars because of the eggs it breaks.
Rating: 5
Summary: Replaces fiction with fascinating reality
Comment: The first sentence of Bloody Season grabs you and the book won't let you go: He was dying faster than usual that morning . . . Estleman introduces Doc Holiday with those painful words.
Then with careful detail, he dismantles the fiction of the OK Corral, replacing it with fascinating reality. I used to sip well whisky in saloons in Tombstone back in the early 70s. How I wish I had Estleman's vision when I was there.
Rating: 4
Summary: Medium Rare and Juicy!
Comment: Tombstone 1881. A brief clash of wills, commonly known as the gunfight at the OK Corral, became indelibly etched in the American imagination. Loren D. Estleman takes this familiar story and fleshes it out into a whopping good yarn. But beware! You don't gulp "Bloody Season" like a hastily eaten meal; you savor every bite of this well-written tale. From the opening page of Doc Holliday hacking over a sink on a crisp October morning to the closing narrative regarding the outcome of "Season's" principal players, you'll be hooked by Estleman's exceptionally well-penned, descriptive prose. If you think you've been to Tombstone, think again. You've yet to relive its graphic past until you've been there during the "Bloody Season."
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Title: Aces and Eights by Loren D. Estleman ISBN: 0812549147 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Split Second by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446530891 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Big Bad Wolf: A Novel by James Patterson ISBN: 0316602906 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 17 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: White Desert by Loren D. Estleman ISBN: 0812584368 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 13 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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