THE AMERICAN WEST (mostly): Fact and Fiction (mostly fiction)
"NOBODY GETS TO BE A COWBOY FOREVER." -- Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) in MONTE WALSH (NG, 1970)
THE BORDERLAND: A Novel of Texas by Edwin Shrake
The Borderland is an old-fashioned,
thoroughly researched, skillfully written, not to mention entertaining,
historical novel set in Texas in 1839. The author, the late Edwin “Bud” Shrake,
a native of Texas and one of its bigger-than-life, legendary writers, knew the
history and geography of his state and through exhaustive research, he also
became acquainted with the people of that bygone era. As a result, he was able
to intermingle fact and fiction and to intertwine historical and fictional
characters without the story becoming stilted, as is often the case with
historical novels.
The Borderland is an old-fashioned,
thoroughly researched, skillfully written, not to mention entertaining,
historical novel set in Texas in 1839. The author, the late Edwin “Bud” Shrake,
a native of Texas and one of its bigger-than-life, legendary writers, knew the
history and geography of his state and through exhaustive research, he also
became acquainted with the people of that bygone era. As a result, he was able
to intermingle fact and fiction and to intertwine historical and fictional
characters without the story becoming stilted, as is often the case with
historical novels.
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