tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post3713451946312371979..comments2024-03-28T23:31:06.181-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: BEFORE KATNIS EVERDEEN, THERE WAS ...Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-60626023202472485402016-11-07T19:51:40.381-06:002016-11-07T19:51:40.381-06:00I thank you for that praise for the ghost of Louis...I thank you for that praise for the ghost of Louis L'Amour. :-)<br /><br />DOWN THE LONG HILLS, a Western done in the genre of YA before the term was coined, by L'Amour is also a fine book. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-56717765962393182042016-11-07T12:39:01.506-06:002016-11-07T12:39:01.506-06:00Wow! There were some great lines of dialog here. Wow! There were some great lines of dialog here. cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-31229292746173047322016-11-06T13:46:23.618-06:002016-11-06T13:46:23.618-06:00The lure of easy gold drew several outlaw bands, e...The lure of easy gold drew several outlaw bands, each more dangerous than the last. But your instincts are true: Echo was up to the challenge. The novel was a proponent of Pay It Forward decades before the term! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-88272615998145922622016-11-06T13:43:12.355-06:002016-11-06T13:43:12.355-06:00Wasn't THE WALKING DRUM illuminating as well a...Wasn't THE WALKING DRUM illuminating as well as entertaining? I think you will learn much about Colonial and Early America from Echo -- and enjoy her company as well! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-24287235381890800232016-11-06T07:39:17.587-06:002016-11-06T07:39:17.587-06:00If they were to survive, even women had to be toug...If they were to survive, even women had to be tough back then. I imagine he met with defeat.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-46272193150314471002016-11-06T05:13:09.531-06:002016-11-06T05:13:09.531-06:00Hi Roland - since you recommended I read "The...Hi Roland - since you recommended I read "The Walking Drum" - which was totally excellent .. an absorbing read about history in Europe ... very entertaining, I've said I must read more of his works ... so I'll get Ride The River out from the Library and see what you mean.<br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com