- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Express Westerns; 1st edition (11 Dec 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0557199549
- ISBN-13: 978-0557199549
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,811,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discover what it's like to ride with damaged men and sinister night stalkers, tragic doves, plucky homemakers and gun-toting belles. Experience for yourself the harsh reality of birth and death, love and hate, revenge, retribution and robbery. You'll find it all here, penned by a whole posse-full of Western writers old and new. So what are you waiting for? Saddle up for action and adventure ... and grab yourself A Fistful of Legends!
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A Fistful Of Legends,
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This review is from: A Fistful of Legends (Paperback)
This is one great read that would appeal to those who love westerns, those who are new to the genre and a great introduction to those who have never read a western - sure would whet the appetitite for more.It usually takes me time to work through anthologies but the stories here are so well told that there is a kind of continuity where one story makes you want to read the next. There are outstanding stories from Black Horse Western writers such as Lance Howard, Chuck Tyrell and I.J. Parnham along with newcomers to the genre like Edward A. Grainger and Cody Wells and Kit Churchill. Grab a copy, sit back and enjoy.
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The best Western short story collection I've ever read.,
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This review is from: A Fistful of Legends (Paperback)
The previous Western anthology that I read claimed to contain the 20 greatest Western short stories ever written, starting with Mark Twain and ending with Elmore Leonard. I enjoyed this one more. All the stories grabbed my attention and kept me enthralled, and I reckon it'll be the same for Western veterans or people who have never read a Western before.There's both traditional tales and something a little different, but even with the traditional ones the themes differ. For instance, Derek Rutherford and Ben Bridges provide tales of jailed men seeking to escape to exact their revenge, except one is a rip-roaring adventure yarn while the other is an emotional tale of redemption. There's Indian Wars tales by Ross Morton and Chuck Tyrell, but again they are different being either elegiac or action-packed. The same goes for the bandit tales, lawman tales, bank robbery tales, manhunt tales, revenge tales... the range is considerable by the guys and gals who are represented here at their best. Then there are the stories you'd never expect to read in a Western anthology such as Lance Howard's moving tale of disability or C. Courtney Joyner's gripping tale that borders on the supernatural. It's hard for me to pick my personal favourites as I liked every story, but if forced I'd choose two. Edward A. Grainger's tale is a fun romp, part action western, part 'locked room' mystery, with a memorable main character who I'd love to read about again. Cash Laramie is such a great creation he can't be allowed to exist only in this story. Then there's Evan Lewis's comic tale, which starts with a decent Western story and then subverts your expectations with brilliant word-play and madcap surreal events. This one had me laughing out loud so much I had to read it again. And it still made me laugh second-time round!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Pure brilliance,
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This book can't be praised enough - 21 all new western stories, many from writers with the Black Horse western imprint. Western fans will love this.
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