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Nicky

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Just read the first two of a 3 book series by Russell Rowland. In Open Spaces and The Watershed Years. Have the third on hold at the Bookmobile. Really good, his writing is very similar to Ivan Doig. They take place in SE Montana starting in 1918. He has several others but I can only get one other one from the Bookmobile.

Anyone else read anything good lately?
 
Thanks for the tip, Nicky.
I am reading The Watchmaker's Daughter.
True story of WWII Heroine Corrie Ten Bloom.
Jack reads a lot now........all westerns. 😵‍💫🤣
He read Stephanie Grace Whitsons 3 books, and loved them.
Valley of the Shadows
Heart of the Sandhills
Edge of the Wilderness.
I haven't read them yet.
 
Ivan Doig's Dancing At The Rascal Fair, English Creek, and Ride With Me, Mariah Montana. It is a trilogy about a Scottish immigrant coming to Montana anf following generations. The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, It is the life story of Red Cloud
 
Older Whiskey said:
I haven't because of my eyes going wonky, even with 2 pair of specialty glasses. I started writing my own about Eastern Oregon. Maybe I will start a thread and write a few paragraphs when I can.
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I sincerely hope you do this. I have "The Oregon Desert" written and signed by both E. R. Jackman and R. A. Long. It belonged to my Aunt and was signed Sept 21, 1964. Has been quite awhile since I read it, but the history, the stories and the photos are great.
 
I have Cattle Country of Peter French by Giles French signed by the author it has copy write date 1964. I have no idea how we came to have it.

Also Ben Snipes Northwest Cattle King by Roscoe Sheller copy write date of !957. Also signed by the author. Also well below the signature is printed Tom. That was one of Edna's brothers. She says he worked at a book store for a time and may have stolen several books. He was that way most of his life.

Both are interesting books about very early cattlemen. Ben Snipes is a pretty amazing story.
 
Our daughter was married to Ken Doig, who was related to Ivan Doig.
Kenny was kicked in the head by a horse in 1988 which left him handicapped.
He couldn't talk after his brain injury, and his spelling was terrible!!! But his cognitive thinking was fine.
He wrote some short, rather autobiographial (is that a word?) stories of his days
as a cowboy in Montana. He had a great sense of humor that never failed him.
I might share some of them here. I think Older Whiskey had a great idea!!!

None of our lives were the same after Kenny's injury. It was caused from a blood
clot the size of an English muffin on his brain stem. He shouldn't have lived, but
he had the constitution of a tough cowboy. We loved him and will NEVER forget him. May he rest in peace.
 
My gosh, how am I going to find time to read all these books.
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Mr FH has run out of library books until I go to town. We have the book "Josey Wales" that I suggested he re-read. It is a great book. I love everything written by Forest Carter, sadly, he didn't write many books. We own them all.
Josey Wales
Gone To Texas
The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales
Watch for me on the Mountain
The Education of Little Tree. (one of my favorite books...ever!!!!)
The top 3 are available in paperback and in one book.
 
Faster horses said:
Our daughter was married to Ken Doig, who was related to Ivan Doig.
Kenny was kicked in the head by a horse in 1988 which left him handicapped.
He couldn't talk after his brain injury, and his spelling was terrible!!! But his cognitive thinking was fine.
He wrote some short, rather autobiographial (is that a word?) stories of his days
as a cowboy in Montana. He had a great sense of humor that never failed him.
I might share some of them here. I think Older Whiskey had a great idea!!!

None of our lives were the same after Kenny's injury. It was caused from a blood
clot the size of an English muffin on his brain stem. He shouldn't have lived, but
he had the constitution of a tough cowboy. We loved him and will NEVER forget him. May he rest in peace.
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A blood clot that size and he still pulled through for as long as he did says everything about the kind of tough he was. Cognitive thinking intact but unable to talk or spell right and still finding the humor to write it all down that's a hell of a spirit. I'd really love to read some of Kenny's stories if you decide to share them here.
 
RAdmin said:
A blood clot that size and he still pulled through for as long as he did says everything about the kind of tough he was. Cognitive thinking intact but unable to talk or spell right and still finding the humor to write it all down that's a hell of a spirit. I'd really love to read some of Kenny's stories if you decide to share them here.
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Thank you so much. He passed away in 2025.
The whole thing was such a bad, deal. Leave you helpless and leave you knowing it.

I do plan to share some of his stories. I tried to get Cowboy magazine to print them, but they weren't interested in a true cowboy's writing. They wanted flash and flame. At that time they were located in Buffalo, Wy so I thought they would at least consider it.
 

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