Beyond the Desert

by Eugene Manlove Rhodes

"the need of the El Paso & North Eastern to find pure boiler water as it built across the alkali flats of the Tularosa Basin"

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

237 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1934

Reviews

[M Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a logical next step if you have (like me) read all of Louis L'Amour's vast catalog. Rhodes has equivalent plots, more of a sense of humor and appreciation of local folkways (being an old-timer instead of just talking to them) but is less clear in his writing and sense of terrain, where L'Amour excels.

[J. T. K. Tobin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't bad, but I couldn't get into the characters. The language, and the story overall, was difficult to follow.

[Jim Corson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an old Western, writen back in the 1930's. Quite abit different then the usual Westerns with limited shootem up. Interesting dialog and fun story.