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Spur Award Winner Deals Another Winning Hand

Submitted by Greg Burns on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 2:53pm

Set in New Mexico in 1898, at the time of the Spanish-American War, this story by three-time Spur Award winner Johnny D. Boggs serves up the stuff Hollywood westerns are made of. On his website Mr.

The Legend of Bass Reeves

Submitted by Greg Burns on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:23am

I stumbled across this title quite by accident, and I’m mighty glad I did. I didn’t even know Gary Paulsen wrote stories about the West. And this is a story worth telling. The subtitle reads “being a true and fictional account of the most valiant marshal in the west.” So you’ll find this in the young adult fiction section of the library. 

Hidalgo the Mighty Mustang!

Submitted by Greg Burns on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 2:39pm

 Before there was Seabiscuit and Red Pollard, there was Hidalgo the mustang and Frank T. Hopkins. Never mind that Frank T. Hopkins may be the biggest teller of tall tales this side of Timbuktu, and a shameless and tireless self-promoter. 

Official Unveiling of Plans for Evelyn Meador Branch

Submitted by Greg Burns on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 1:27pm

Unveiling Ceremony Friends 2

Friends Board with Lynn Meador Edmundson (peach suit on left), Commissioner Sylvia Garcia (blue blouse on right, and Seabrook Mayor Gary Renola (far right).

  Unveiling Ceremony Group One

From left to right: Lynn Meador Edmundson, Marianne Kolar, Gary Renola, Robin Riley, Sylvia Garcia, Dr. Tony McCollum, Rhoda Goldberg.

Appaloosa: the Hollywood version

Submitted by Greg Burns on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:43am

It's the interplay between Viggo Mortensen (Everitt Hitch) and Ed Harris (Virgil Cole) that makes the movie version or Robert Parker's novel work at all. And Jeremy Irons makes a pretty good bad guy.

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