LITERARY NOTE
I finally finished OTHER MEN'S HORSES by Elmer Kelton. It is the last book in his Texas Ranger series with another one due out this year. I have missed a couple of books in the series but bought this one from Glenn Dromgoole because it is dedicated to him and he signed it for me. In this one Andy Pickard is now married but still working as a Ranger to make a living. He gets shot twice in this story but lives to return to his wife. The action takes place in my part of the country with the bad guys stealing horses from the Indians and taking them back down around Junction to sell them. Andy goes after a local who kills a fellow who needed killing. He follows the wife who rides in a buggy and camps out. They encounter a black Buffalo soldier who also kills a sorry white guy in self defence but has no chance. Andy protects him while fighting the bad guys. The wife gets raped but gets her revenge by throwing a shovel of coals and ashes into his face. It is a great story of suspense and action. I am looking forward to the next story.
I also need to review a book for the library. I finally finished it also. It is a biography of Bill Gates by Marc Aronson. He was denied an interview with him so writes from the outside looking in. He directs it toward high school students asking how do you become the richest man in the world. He argues that you need the right parents, right school and friends but be a mean SOB in your business dealings. Of course at the last he credits him with establishing his foundation and our Cross Plains Library just recieved $4000 from the foundation to enable us to have 4 people attend the National Library meeting where CPPL will be recognized as one of the outstanding Libraries in the nation.
I still have a lot of other books to read. We started GRANDMOTHER SPIDER by James Doss. Doss is a retired physicist from Los Alamos who writes about Indian and white lawmen in NM and Utah areas much like Tony Hillerman's stories. I have enjoyed his books for years and have some that I haven't read yet. Some day.
I finally finished OTHER MEN'S HORSES by Elmer Kelton. It is the last book in his Texas Ranger series with another one due out this year. I have missed a couple of books in the series but bought this one from Glenn Dromgoole because it is dedicated to him and he signed it for me. In this one Andy Pickard is now married but still working as a Ranger to make a living. He gets shot twice in this story but lives to return to his wife. The action takes place in my part of the country with the bad guys stealing horses from the Indians and taking them back down around Junction to sell them. Andy goes after a local who kills a fellow who needed killing. He follows the wife who rides in a buggy and camps out. They encounter a black Buffalo soldier who also kills a sorry white guy in self defence but has no chance. Andy protects him while fighting the bad guys. The wife gets raped but gets her revenge by throwing a shovel of coals and ashes into his face. It is a great story of suspense and action. I am looking forward to the next story.
I also need to review a book for the library. I finally finished it also. It is a biography of Bill Gates by Marc Aronson. He was denied an interview with him so writes from the outside looking in. He directs it toward high school students asking how do you become the richest man in the world. He argues that you need the right parents, right school and friends but be a mean SOB in your business dealings. Of course at the last he credits him with establishing his foundation and our Cross Plains Library just recieved $4000 from the foundation to enable us to have 4 people attend the National Library meeting where CPPL will be recognized as one of the outstanding Libraries in the nation.
I still have a lot of other books to read. We started GRANDMOTHER SPIDER by James Doss. Doss is a retired physicist from Los Alamos who writes about Indian and white lawmen in NM and Utah areas much like Tony Hillerman's stories. I have enjoyed his books for years and have some that I haven't read yet. Some day.
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