Gunman's Rhapsody

Back when I first started reading, I just read Westerns and Native American nonfiction from my Dad's library. Back in the '90's, the late Robert B. Parker was the first non-Western author that I tried, totally enjoyed his writing and he's one of my all-time favorite authors. Gunman's Rhapsody is my......more

Well this is exciting! When I put this book on goodreads I realized that it created an opportunity to make a new shelf as I hadn’t ever read a pure Western before (Somewhat debatable as I had the book Six-Gun Tarot on my shelf before, which is very much a western, but also crossed with fantasy and h......more

'Gunman's Rhapsody' relates the events that led up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral where Wyatt Earp and his brothers triumphed. The action takes place in Tombstone and the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Virgil, James, Morgan and Warren all feature in a tale of revenge and hungry love. Wyatt steals the girl......more

An OK retelling of the Wyatt Earp story. Easy to read, but nothing special.......more

Robert Parker writes good cowboy stuff. In this one he includes several pages of historical chronicles which were very informative and interesting. Of special interest to me besides a good story and good writing were some of the names of the characters: John Tyler, John Ringo, John Henry 'Doc' Holli......more