Spanish Crossing

I'm a huge fan of THE SEARCHERS. Alan LeMay wrote the wonderful novel that the John Wayne movie is based on. Sadly, it was the only book by LeMay I'd ever read until now. This one is a collection of decent short stories, all westerns. None of them come close to holding a candle to THE SEARCHERS, but......more

Short Stories I didn't realize this was a collection of short stories but nevertheless I enjoyed all of them. Good, easy reading.......more

Un colección de relatos un tanto irregular, los cuentos no son malos pero la repetición de temas lastra el conjunto del libro y lo deja lejos de la altura que LeMay alcanzó en otros libros. Del conjunto me gustaron especialmente "The Wolf Hunter" y el que da título al volúmen "Spanish Crossing".......more

A solid collection of shorts from the guy who wrote the novel that the best John Wayne film came from, The Searchers. All these appeared in various magazines in the early 30s. LeMay focused more on a clever twist or characters then pulpy western action, which isn't a bad thing. I think the best one......more

A 2nd Collection of Western Short Stories AL has penned a collection of western short stories that were originally written for the western trade magazines of the 30,a and 40's and in some cases on into the late 30 th Century by a variety of Western authors. Alan LeMay, Louis LaAmour, Ernest Haycock,......more