Bill Gulick
Autore di Roadside History of Oregon
Sull'Autore
Bill Gulick, Bill Gulick was born in 1916 in Missouri. He does not consider what he writes to be westerns, but merely stories set in the West. He has written such books as, "Bend of the Snake" and "Liveliest Town in the West."
Opere di Bill Gulick
Roll On, Columbia: To the Pacific : A Historical Novel (To the Pacific/Bill Gulick, Bk 1) (1997) 4 copie
The Country Club Caper 3 copie
Northwest Destiny, River's End, Vol. Three [ Jove edition, March 1993 ] (the epic conclusion to the acclaimed… (1993) 1 copia
The Land Beyond 1 copia
Abilene or Bust! 1 copia
Opere correlate
A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Collaboratore — 104 copie
Best of the West: Classic Stories from the American Frontier, Volume 2 [Audiobook] (2003) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1916-02-22
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Walla Walla, Washington, USA
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Saddleman Award (1983)
Utenti
Recensioni
This book is vol. 1 in a trilogy. A story about St.Louis, the frontier, the Nez Perce and several generations of one family during the Lewis and Clark era.
Bill Gulick is one of the premier authors of Northwest history.
FROM THE JACKET: "Bill Gulick is obviously on the side of deviltry and disorder and his characters have a warmth and likability that you can't resist. He's given his own special twist to the ancient and disreputable American tradition of the tall tale and comes up with some of the freshest entertainment of the season..." FROM THE FOREWARD by the author: "If all the ornery reprobates of the Old West that deserved hanging had been hanged the population of the country this side of the Mississippi would be considerably smaller than it is today. It's lots more fun to write about ornery, contrary characters than it is about good ones. Upright people are sadly limited in the things they can do, but the ornery character can do anything that comes into his head. The stories in this collection have one thing in common: they're full of uninhibited characters whose antics I had fun describing..."… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 285
- Popolarità
- #81,815
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 50
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