Reviewed
by: Pete Barber
Genre:
Action Adventure
Approximate
word count: 55-60,000
words
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Author:
Jack Petersen lives with his wife, Margie, in southeastern Arizona. Having been privileged to get to know the rocky terrain of the western United States, and its assortment of unforgettable characters, memory asserts that exaggeration in a work of fiction sometimes seems a little tame.
Description:
Jack Petersen lives with his wife, Margie, in southeastern Arizona. Having been privileged to get to know the rocky terrain of the western United States, and its assortment of unforgettable characters, memory asserts that exaggeration in a work of fiction sometimes seems a little tame.
Description:
Zeb
Bartholomew has been mining gold in the Arizona desert for 40+ years.
He’s a loner, well except for his trusty mule, Sally, but thoughts
of quitting are foremost in his mind. He’s getting too old for the
work and the long trek back to town, and so is Sally. But when a
mining corporation comes to town and threatens his claim, Jeb
determines to protect what is his.
Appraisal:
This
isn’t a long story. I guess in today’s world of pigeon-holing,
it’d be considered a novelette. I’d rather think of it as a well
written piece of escapism. I finished No
Fools Gold in two
sittings, staying up way past my bedtime on both occasions. The story
is simple and often told—old man uses his experience and wiles to
outwit a modern corporation. But the writing style and the pacing
pulled me along and turned the pages for me. If this were an audio
book, I’d imagine Sam Elliott would be a good choice of voice.
Over
two nights, I grew to love Zeb (although I doubt he’d like to hear
me say that), and Sally, and the Widow Gray.
Format/Typo
Issues:
A few
typos but nothing that disturbed my enjoyment.
Rating: ***** Five stars
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