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Nicely written but a bit drawn out; I think the book could have been 50 pages shorter and possibly been more effective. I wouldn't give Mr Hall full points for originality, however - his gunfight at the Acme corral is practically a carbon copy of the OK Corral shootout, right down to what were reported to be direct quotes from the principals involved in the latter gunfight. The Rattlesnake Canyon massacres were obviously derived from the historical Skeleton Canyon and Guadalupe Canyon massacres.
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A great novel, and from an American Lit. point of view, it should be an important one since it's clearly one of the best Post WW 2 novels I've read. The influence on the HBO series, Deadwood, is pretty obvious. I may write some more later.
*Update. Watched the movie yesterday, just to see how badly it would be screwed up. To my surprise, it didn't fall apart until about an hour and half in. Great cast, with Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark. Up until the point I mentioned above, the ...more
*Update. Watched the movie yesterday, just to see how badly it would be screwed up. To my surprise, it didn't fall apart until about an hour and half in. Great cast, with Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark. Up until the point I mentioned above, the ...more
Sep 10, 2019
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Nanosynergy
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