The Hi Lo country,: A novel
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0006AXBC8 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 154 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Keith Walters grew up in Springer, New Mexico and graduated with a BS from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 1980. Max is the real deal, and his cowboy authenticity comes through on every page. Max Evans was a rancher and best friend of the Big Boy Hittson, the character who was the subject of The Hi Lo Country. He make
They were two cowboys out of the New Mexico dust. Cowpunchers and manpunchers, they hit hard, lived raw, and rode the beautiful Hi-Lo country as best friends and comrades. Until one night, when they fell in love with the same woman--a beautiful, irresistible, married woman.. Now a major motion picture from Gramercy Pictures starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, and Patricia Arquette
Real Cowboys of the fifties! A story which tells what Cowboys were really like in 1950 in Hi Lo New Mexico. Hard working, hard drinking real hemen who took there women and other mens women when they could find them.. Interesting, but flawed A Customer I was disappointed in the setup of the love triangle upon which the story depends. The author violated that old rule of thumb--"Show, don't tell." This weak launchpad left me wondering throughout the story: Why is he so nuts about this woman?On the other hand, there's a whole parade of colorful characters throughout the book, and they're all great. A typical problem with such characters is that they seem contrived--merely the product of some novelist's desi. "Cannery Row with horses" according to Larry R. Johnson. This little book is nearly on par with Steinbeck's masterpiece, Cannery Row. It may be hard to believe, as with Cannery Row's Mack and the Boys, that these people were real. Evans had the good fortune to spend time in these wild places where people of the same spirit somehow came together and as individuals were doing battle every bit as much with the coming of the reign of accountants and bankers as they were the harsh elements of the land they inhabited.
Max is the real deal, and his cowboy authenticity comes through on every page. . About the Author Max Evans was a rancher and best friend of the Big Boy Hittson, the character who was the subject of The Hi Lo Country. He has spent the past twenty three years in the art department as a feature filmmaker with credits in such films as NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, TRUE GRIT, and LINCOLN. Max has written 30 books of fiction and non-fiction, including The Rounders, which, like The Hi Lo Country, was also made into a major motion picture as well as a TV series. Keith Walters grew up in Springer, New Mexico and graduated with a BS from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 1980. A self taught artist, illustrator, and sculptor, h