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Bill Gulick

Auteur van Roadside History of Oregon

33+ Werken 282 Leden 5 Besprekingen

Over de Auteur

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."

Werken van Bill Gulick

Roadside History of Oregon (1991) 65 exemplaren
The Hallelujah Trail [1965 film] (1965) — Original book — 29 exemplaren
Snake River Country (1971) 21 exemplaren
Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest (2000) 17 exemplaren
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — Auteur — 11 exemplaren
They Came to a Valley (1966) 9 exemplaren
Manhunt (1999) 5 exemplaren
The moon-eyed Appaloosa (1962) 5 exemplaren

Gerelateerde werken

Bend of the River [1952 film] (1952) — Original book — 47 exemplaren
The Best of the American West II (1999) — Medewerker — 15 exemplaren
The Western Hall of Fame Anthology (1997) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren

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Algemene kennis

Geboortedatum
1916-02-22
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Woonplaatsen
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Saddleman Award (1983)

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Besprekingen

Elaborate comedy mix-ups in a faux-Western. Not PC in any way whatsoever.
Watched a long time ago and loved it. Re-watched with a son's teen-aged children, who walked out sporadically when the action slowed down; it seems a little sillier now, and is definitely much slower-paced than current films, but was still hilarious.
 
Gemarkeerd
librisissimo | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 16, 2015 |
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.
½
 
Gemarkeerd
tjblue | Aug 28, 2010 |
Bill Gulick is one of the premier authors of Northwest history.
 
Gemarkeerd
csmalibrary | May 24, 2008 |
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..."… (meer)
 
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janehutchi | Sep 16, 2007 |

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Statistieken

Werken
33
Ook door
6
Leden
282
Populariteit
#82,539
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
5
ISBNs
50

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