Valerie
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Gary J. George:
Thank you for replying. I understood that to be the case but was wondering why it was disguised in the novels?.
Gary J. George
As I mentioned in the second part of my answer, although the Mojave Desert is huge, Needles is very small. I didn't want people speculating about who some of the characters were. In fact, that has already happened. Apparently there was quite a discussion in town about the real life identities of some of the characters in "The House of Three Murders." Actually, although impressions of the town and the area come from my own experiences, the characters do not have real life counterparts. In fact, not even the events do. There really was a place in the river bottom near Needles known as the house of three murders, but what actually happened there and when it happened are nothing like what happens in the novel.
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Elizabeth Anderson
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Gary J. George:
Dear Mr. George, I wanted to tell you how much I love your Smoke Tree Books, as does my attorney brother. He noticed something in Woman of the Desert Moon that I missed - your thief Arthur is sent to federal prison by the US Atty for Nevada. Later in the book Arthur talks about the DA and assistant DA - should that be US Atty? Kindle ignores my corrections. - Elizabeth Anderson, Las Vegas, NV 7777esa1947@gmail.com
Valerie
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Gary J. George:
Hi Gary, I stumbled across your books as suggested reads from Amazon and read all of them within a month or two! Excellent!! My best friend was Mojave Indian and I have had the opportunity to spend time with his family and attend some tribal functions after I moved west. Really curious - Why is the name of the town disguised in the novels? Thanks! Valerie
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