Valley of Fire
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786033355 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Wayne Bethard said Johnny out does himself on this one. Heavens knows what pains an author has been at to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation to while away the tedium of a journey or relax on a day off. But Johnny has done just that with The Valley of Fire. Masterfully written, humorous, serious at times, graphic at times, he has generated a fabulous story about an orphan raised by nuns who turns hooligan and outlaw.His protagonist sitting a jail cell awaiting execution, gets rescued by another outlaw and a of all things, a nun. The story blossoms from there, and as Johnny's central charact. zladyx said A good romp of a read.. This book has more two-legged varmits and mean hombres than the Ok Corral. Throw in a kind of shady but good hearted in spite of himself "hero", a spunky sometimes-nun as the heroine, a blind, one-armed all-the-time nun as a sidekick, a treasure in gold hidden a hell hole that could kill a rattlesnake and you have one good romp of a read. First time reading this author. Will definitely read him again.. I thoroughly enjoyed this book I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It definitely isn't your run of the mill Western yarn. Boggs seems to be the O. Henry of the Western genre. He writes with wit and usually has a twist at the end. This story had elements of "Two Mules for Sister Sara" and a novel I read years ago by James M. Cain, but above all it was amusing. I would highly recommend this book as well as most of Boggs' other books to anyone looking for an an enjoyable read
The Despoilers tears at one's heart, which is what really good fiction should do." --Roundup on The Despoilers"Boggs' unique approach to the Lincoln County War's legal skirmishing is both eye-opening and memorable." --True West on Law of the Land"a finely crafted historical novel with fully developed characters playing out their lives against the backdrop of early Texas settlement." --American Cowboy on Spark on the Prairie"Boggs delivers a colorful, clever and arresting tale." --Santa Fe New Mexican on Camp Ford. Micah's not in the habit of helping nuns, but it turns out the only true vow Genevieve ever took was to get rich--and there's a fortune in gold buried along with the sisters. Boggs tells a crisply powerful story that rings true more than two centuries after the bloody business was done." --The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier on The DespoilersRaves For The Westerns Of Johnny D. The characters possess enough human frailty to be believable, the author includes interesting stuff on the weaponry of the times, and there is enough gunplay to satisfy genre puri