Journal of the Gun Years

7,5/10 Me apetecía leer algo sobre el salvaje oeste y este libro cumple de sobra con lo que buscaba, cortito entretenido y con buena ambientación. Basado en la vida de Will Bill Hickok y en formato de diario, esta novela nos cuenta las andanzas de un joven que fue convertido en personaje público por l......more

i'm sort of sad i can't give this a more enthusiastic yes. matheson has given me a lot over the years. his touch is all over film and television: he penned screenplays for the roger corman-poe cycle i loved so well growing up. he also famously wrote a significant portion of the classic twilight zone......more

Ah, a Western. It is time to conjure up your conception of the heroic gunslinger, the moral Marshal that tames the chaos of the Western cowtown with a rifle at his shoulder and a Derringer in his belt. He’s the fastest gun in the West, the sweetest tough in the whorehouse, and the deadliest match fo......more

Journal of the gun years, one of the best westerns I've read in ages, its got action a plenty. Kind of a train wreck in slow motion though. Young small town kid Clay Hasler union civil war hero, even has the medals. Pretty much single handedly saving his comrades from slaughter by cannons with fine m......more

Other than a couple of awkward bits, this was pretty good and kept me reading. It's the story of a man who becomes a Hickock level famous gunfighter and his slow breakdown. The unique part of it is that it's told essentially in diary form, through the supposed entries of the main character, Clay Hal......more