tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2123596903565989386..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Pursuit - Lewis B. PattenJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-45386134944478932852016-02-26T10:03:02.833-06:002016-02-26T10:03:02.833-06:00I've only read one Patten novel, The Man Who R...I've only read one Patten novel, <i>The Man Who Rode Alone,</i> but I liked it quite a bit. Not much humor that I can recall but I didn't miss it. I have a few other books and some of his pulp stories on my reading listSamuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-30688538424420540102016-02-26T08:48:11.393-06:002016-02-26T08:48:11.393-06:00Thanks, Tom. The photo of Patten that was used on ...Thanks, Tom. The photo of Patten that was used on the back of most of his Signet Westerns makes him look a little severe but certainly not unfriendly. A lot of guys from his generation had that same look in photographs.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-34408953252274098182016-02-26T08:45:38.958-06:002016-02-26T08:45:38.958-06:00I've been a friend of Lew Patten and I was his...I've been a friend of Lew Patten and I was his German editor. He wrote what we called psychological westerns. Character-driven and very realistic. You're right, there wasn't too much humor in his books, no comic but romantic relief with female characters as convincing as their male counterparts. And by the way, in his private life he was very laid-back and even had some humor.Thomas Jeierhttp://www.jeier.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-74590244027874275792016-02-26T08:44:07.468-06:002016-02-26T08:44:07.468-06:00I've been a friend of Lew Patten and his Germa...I've been a friend of Lew Patten and his German editor. He wrote what we called psychological westerns. Character-driven and very realistic. You're right, there wasn't too much humor in his books, no comic but romantic relief with female characters as convincing as their male counterparts. And by the way, in his private life he was very laid-back and even had some humor.Thomas Jeierhttp://www.jeier.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-7552307187171542162016-02-26T08:22:23.616-06:002016-02-26T08:22:23.616-06:00Patten's one of my favorites. Haven't read...Patten's one of my favorites. Haven't read that one, will have to start looking for a copy. KRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341645481766129709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65254188512945978032016-02-26T07:58:27.076-06:002016-02-26T07:58:27.076-06:00Absolutely no humor is right. I'm not sure any...Absolutely no humor is right. I'm not sure anybody even smiles in a Patten novel. Some are a little less bleak than others, though. Also, he wrote at least one Whitman juvenile featuring Gene Autry. I'd be curious to read that one to see how its tone matches up with his other work.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61831776772623690752016-02-26T06:42:27.334-06:002016-02-26T06:42:27.334-06:00I've read several Patten books this past year,...I've read several Patten books this past year, and I've had enough. The tone is always the same. Droll. There is no play or music in the prose, and there is absolutely no humor. Not even gallows humor. His books are very one dimensional. I used to like him more than I do now, maybe because I've just finally read enough of him.Peter Brandvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008419428583093754noreply@blogger.com