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Doc Holliday's Gone: A Western Duo
STORY TOLD AFTER DOC HOLLIDAYS DEATH BY HIS WOMAN BIG NOSE KATE A TRUE ACCOUNT OF HER LIVING IN THE WEST.
- GenresWesterns
Hardcover
First published December 14, 2000
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February 25, 2018
Always a pleasure to read the more female side of the old west. Jane Candia Coleman has become a favorite in westerns for the take of the old west not often seen or hear, that of the women living the old west life, famous or not these women were a huge part of history and the story needs to be told.
The book covers the woman of Doc Holliday's, Big Nose Kate and the life of Mrs. Viola Slaughter, young wife of Texas law man, John Slaughter. I must be honest and say I know little about Mrs. Slaughter and will take on research from this book, once again a love of Coleman's writing, making me grow in my old west knowledge.
Fast easy reading of how things were along the streets, ranches and towns of the old west.
The book covers the woman of Doc Holliday's, Big Nose Kate and the life of Mrs. Viola Slaughter, young wife of Texas law man, John Slaughter. I must be honest and say I know little about Mrs. Slaughter and will take on research from this book, once again a love of Coleman's writing, making me grow in my old west knowledge.
Fast easy reading of how things were along the streets, ranches and towns of the old west.
January 28, 2018
I enjoyed both stories in the book.
October 18, 2011
OK--I'll admit it. I'm obsessed with Kate Horoney, or I'm obsessed with Jane Candia Coleman's interpretation of her.
I'll also admit I have a huge crush on historian, Andrew Isenberg (delish), and I cannot help but wonder what he thinks of Coleman's work: her accuracy to historical details, her attention to character. Those of you who are amateur historians will already know whom he is, cowboy/outlaw/old west historian from Temple University. I feel a kinship to him and to Coleman, for we all have obviously such a deep love of the old west, that we've made a living around it.
This book is a collection of two novellas: one picks up where she left off with Kate Horoney after Doc has passed on. It's a nail-biter as Kate picks up her life and goes on to two different husbands, finally finding a little happiness as a housekeeper and finding more of that fire-in-life that seemed to shine through her.
Of the two novellas, I loved Doc Holliday's gone more than I did the second one, Mrs. Slaughter. The second novel is based upon John Slaughter, who was a cattle baron at the time of Tombstone's rise. Ever wanted to know where the Clantons fit into Tombstone? Or Curly Bill or Johnny Ringo? Well, this explains it all through Viola Slaughter's eyes, John's wife. I must admit, I didn't know much about the Slaughters or Amazon, so I wish I'd done my homework and read a little more about cattle barons before starting the second novella, for it didn't have my attention like Matchless or Tumbleweed did.
As with other Coleman novels, I hate the "western" tag, for it's not a "western" if it really happened!!!!!!! Oh well.
It was worth reading.
I'll also admit I have a huge crush on historian, Andrew Isenberg (delish), and I cannot help but wonder what he thinks of Coleman's work: her accuracy to historical details, her attention to character. Those of you who are amateur historians will already know whom he is, cowboy/outlaw/old west historian from Temple University. I feel a kinship to him and to Coleman, for we all have obviously such a deep love of the old west, that we've made a living around it.
This book is a collection of two novellas: one picks up where she left off with Kate Horoney after Doc has passed on. It's a nail-biter as Kate picks up her life and goes on to two different husbands, finally finding a little happiness as a housekeeper and finding more of that fire-in-life that seemed to shine through her.
Of the two novellas, I loved Doc Holliday's gone more than I did the second one, Mrs. Slaughter. The second novel is based upon John Slaughter, who was a cattle baron at the time of Tombstone's rise. Ever wanted to know where the Clantons fit into Tombstone? Or Curly Bill or Johnny Ringo? Well, this explains it all through Viola Slaughter's eyes, John's wife. I must admit, I didn't know much about the Slaughters or Amazon, so I wish I'd done my homework and read a little more about cattle barons before starting the second novella, for it didn't have my attention like Matchless or Tumbleweed did.
As with other Coleman novels, I hate the "western" tag, for it's not a "western" if it really happened!!!!!!! Oh well.
It was worth reading.
March 7, 2012
Good for a quick read. The first story pertaining to Big Nose Kate is very romantic and every time I had to put it down I was left with that feeling of longing and love. You truly feel with her. The second story was decent but not, in my opinion, the best follow up to its predecessor. It just felt rushed and was too much squeezed into such a short amount of space. Had it been given more detail and attention it probably would have been equally enjoyable.
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