Book Review

old west trail man and horse gunsmoke

TALES OF GUNSMOKE by Don Ward from Gunsmoke Episodes – Western Book Review

Tales of Gunsmoke.   TALES OF GUNSMOKE by Don Ward from Gunsmoke Episodes – Western Book Review   “Remember, Chester,” Matt said; “There was never a horse that couldn’t be rode…” “… nor a man who couldn’t be throwed!” Chester finished. Matt was checking his gun. He put it back in the holster, eased it […]

TALES OF GUNSMOKE by Don Ward from Gunsmoke Episodes – Western Book Review Read More »

northern canada canoe on river

SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS by George Marsh – Book Review – Dog Stories

George Marsh wrote SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS. Tales of the Great White North!   SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS by George Marsh – Book Review by Brian Alan Burhoe   American writer George Tracy Marsh is remembered most today for his adventure stories of the Northcountry wilderness around Hudson Bay. And the wild animals

SLED TRAILS AND WHITE WATERS by George Marsh – Book Review – Dog Stories Read More »

Classic Old West cover

TOM WEST: Classic ACE Double Western Writer Remembered

Tom West, classic ACE Double Western writer — a Remembrance.   TOM WEST: Classic ACE Double Western Writer Remembered   In his 1960 Western novel THE PHANTOM PISTOLEER, after a ranch house, barns, blacksmith shop and wagon shed are burned flat to the ground, we read: “Wal,” said the foreman wryly, “there’s less cover for

TOM WEST: Classic ACE Double Western Writer Remembered Read More »

winter tree white wolf silver chief

SILVER CHIEF – DOG OF THE NORTH by Jack O’Brien Book Review – Wolf Dog

Silver Chief, Dog of the North…   SILVER CHIEF – DOG OF THE NORTH by Jack O’Brien Book Review – Wolf Dog   “A yellow light gleamed through the trees, and the sound of flopping, crunching snow came to the dog. “Now a man stood beneath him and great fear rose up in the heart

SILVER CHIEF – DOG OF THE NORTH by Jack O’Brien Book Review – Wolf Dog Read More »

max brand thewhitewolf (3)

DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo, Carcajou’s Trail

Canine stories of Frontier writer Max Brand…   DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo & Carcajou’s Trail   THE DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND – A Post by Brian Alan Burhoe Today, when we think of dog stories, we think of James Herriot or W Bruce Cameron rather than a popular

DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo, Carcajou’s Trail Read More »

E Wallcousins illustration pioneers in Canada

CANADIAN PATRIOTIC VOICES True North Songs, Poems & Stories

Canadian patriotic songs… Our stories.   CANADIAN PATRIOTIC VOICES: True North Songs, Poems & Stories   Canadian Patriotic Voices.  We were living in Post-War Yorkshire then. It had been a few months since we’d moved from Canada.  But my memories of that forevergreen land were strong and I missed it. I had started school in

CANADIAN PATRIOTIC VOICES True North Songs, Poems & Stories Read More »

ornithanthropus artwork b alan burhoe

ORNITHANTHROPUS Winged Human in Dream, Myth, Religion & Literature

Ornithanthropus – The Winged Human   ORNITHANTHROPUS Winged Human in Dream, Myth, Religion & Literature – written by Brian Alan Burhoe   “I’ve made a lot of notes for a novel about winged men, which I’ll never write, as B. Alan Burhoe has already written it as a short story, Ornithanthropus: old fashioned/good.” – Avram

ORNITHANTHROPUS Winged Human in Dream, Myth, Religion & Literature Read More »

royal north west mounted police book review

BENTON OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED by Ralph S Kendall – Book Review – LUCK

Adventures of the Royal Mounted Police. Royal Mounted Police novels by Ralph Selwood Kendall, Grosset and Dunlap   BENTON OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED by Ralph S Kendall – Book Review – LUCK   “The scenes of this story belong to bygone days. As the passer-by views the ugly half-constructed railway terminus which now sprawls itself

BENTON OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED by Ralph S Kendall – Book Review – LUCK Read More »

trail of the elk fønhus

TRAIL OF THE ELK: Discovering the Northcountry of Mikkjel Fønhus

Mikkjel Fønhus Book Review   TRAIL OF THE ELK: Discovering the Northcountry of Mikkjel Fønhus   “Still the bull elk on Bog Hill did not move a muscle. His head stood out clearly against the dawn which flooded the eastern sky like a lake of yellow light. His antlers resembled young bushes… “It was no

TRAIL OF THE ELK: Discovering the Northcountry of Mikkjel Fønhus Read More »

Scroll to Top