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Rated 4 starsBorden Chantry's Son
Tom Chantry is the lead protagonist in this book, and we learn he is Borden Chantry's son; Borden the town marshal has been killed some years before. Tom had been living in the East and when he came west to buy cattle he is mistaken as soft, a coward, but they were dead wrong; for he could handle a gun and use his fists. The Chantry family is related to the Sacketts. The only knock I have is with the ending, but I will not...
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Rated 5 stars?North to the Rails? is enjoyable for everyone!
Tom Chantry came from the East to the West to buy cattle then bring them to the railroads at Dodge. But when he backs down from a shoot-out with a drunk named Dutch Akins, everyone takes him for a coward and a man who doesn't keep his word. Tom can't find anyone now to buy cattle from or even help move them to the railroads. Tom must learn that he is now in the untamed land of the west where there is no law but only a man's...
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Rated 5 starsOne L'Amour's best, if you wonder which one to read first
I used to wonder why anyone read L'Amour when all the plots seemed the same. At some point, I picked up one (probably on vacation) and now I'm hooked. Sure, they're predictable - but so are 98% of the shows on TV. It doesn't mean they're not enjoyable.I probably won't review many westerns, but this is a great one if you don't know which of his dozens to choose.
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Rated 5 starsOne of L'Amours best
Tom Chantry (Borden Chantry's son) having lived in the east since his fathers death, now comes west to buy cattle for shippment back east. Believing gun's only lead to trouble he refuses to carry one but he soon finds out that a peaceful unarmed man can get into trouble just as fast as a man carrying a gun. Tom leaves town after being challenged to a gunfight, the word gets around, and everybody believes him to be a coward...
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A Christmas Carol Mentions in Our Blog
Here at Thriftbooks, we spend a lot of time thinking about the kinds of books our customers will enjoy. During the holidays, that extends to the books our customers would most like to give (and receive) as gifts. Our newest poll looks at book gifting trends. Here are some of the compelling stories we unwrapped.
What is Fixation Friday? In this new blog series, we'll spotlight a trending topic to explore. This week, it's Holiday Traditions, of course. If this is something you've been thinking about, read on as we drill down into the forms this theme might take in our lives.
One of my most favorite blogs to write is this one, my Christmas message to our ThriftBooks community. Each year I give careful thought to what theme and message to impart, and this year inspiration struck at one (of several) performances of A Christmas Carol, when this classic brought to the surface for me how happiness is really shared.
Be it revelry in the commercial consumerism so railed against by Charlie Brown, or a feast of seven fishes, or further still the quiet solemnity, incense, and psaltery organ of a midnight mass service, many different traditions are upheld as we approach Christmas.
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