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When I was a child I watched every TV Western under the sun, from The Lone Ranger to Maverick to Gunsmoke to Bat Masterson to Bonanza. Who can forgetAbout Playing With Fire, from the publisher:Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, Roy Rogers, and The High Chaparral? The Rebel, The Virginian, Yancy Derringer, and Wild Bill Hickock? Branded, The Rifleman (both starring Chuck Connors), Have Gun Will Travel, Wanted Dead or Alive, Cimarron Strip? I think I literally watched a hundred different series before I could shave. Thank God there were only a handful of stations in those days.
On the other hand, other than a modest dose of Zane Grey and Tony Hillerman, I haven’t read many Westerns. Until now. Not surprisingly, it started out watching TV: the excellent Netflix Western mystery series, Longmire. As I approached Season Three I discovered that the series is based on novels by author, Craig Johnson. So now I’m reading As the Crow Flies, and as I...[read on]
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