tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post114464414168096632..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Australian WesternsJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24811544737600776882013-03-13T21:35:47.134-05:002013-03-13T21:35:47.134-05:00When I started work as an apprentice, Larry and St...When I started work as an apprentice, Larry and Stretch and other westerns were popular reads during work breaks and so on. <br /><br />The books weren't big and the paperback was flimsy rather than stiffer cardboard, making them easy to roll up and to put in the back pocket.<br /><br />There were a lot of authors who wrote these westerns, but I suspect that they were a few people writing under multiple pseudonyms.<br /><br />Pretty much all of them were written to a specific plot formula, with names and places changed.<br /><br />It'd be good to get some as ebooks, though.<br /><br />Do they still publish these westerns?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-42321270266948551412013-01-15T21:02:49.307-06:002013-01-15T21:02:49.307-06:00I have a an Original copy of Who Killed Rico for s...I have a an Original copy of Who Killed Rico for sale if you are still looking for it Bearcatjb.<br /><br />I am selling my complete collection if anyone is interested, have 250 plus Larry & Stretch books, many first editions most in good read condition.<br /><br />Contact me for more info at rjtl1972@hotmail.com if anyone is looking for particular titles.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-62424860427611348352012-03-14T21:52:06.395-05:002012-03-14T21:52:06.395-05:00I have all the Larry & Stretch (Larry & st...I have all the Larry & Stretch (Larry & streak) published in Australia, bar one "Who Killed Rico".<br />Does anyone know if any L&S westerns are available as ebooks?Bearcatjbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44608333352855725042011-12-04T19:13:17.401-06:002011-12-04T19:13:17.401-06:00in some of the later books Larry's horse is ca...in some of the later books Larry's horse is called Rusty I have some seven hundred of his Larry and Stretch and Big Jim books and Larry's horse is only occasionally namedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-68890543198891310592011-09-15T01:04:54.542-05:002011-09-15T01:04:54.542-05:00Can anyone tell me what Larry's horse was name...Can anyone tell me what Larry's horse was named? Streak's horse was called Patches, but I don't know Larry's horse's nameMargmckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980215024264072540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-16810259587775120032010-02-17T16:34:47.072-06:002010-02-17T16:34:47.072-06:00Yup, living in Denmark I can tell you that the boo...Yup, living in Denmark I can tell you that the books were pretty big in the 70ies and 80ies.<br /><br />I think I have around 300 of them, read them all when I was a child/small teenager.<br /><br />Now I'm 41 and I'm starting all over reading them again... and what a delight :)<br /><br />Cheers from CopenhagenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524674880364310654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1149838126604168522006-06-09T02:28:00.000-05:002006-06-09T02:28:00.000-05:00I live in Australia, and have devoured Larry & Str...I live in Australia, and have devoured Larry & Stretch's since my early teens. I had no idea that they were in Scandinavia, although I knew of the Larry and Streak versions. Are they in many countries? <BR/> And are they being reproduced? I know that there's a recent large-print thing going on, a Linford Library project, but I know of no others. Though I scour every second hand book exchange I pass, I simply don't see that I will ever find every last one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1146925880173137092006-05-06T09:31:00.000-05:002006-05-06T09:31:00.000-05:00Yes, it certainly sounds like the Kansas Tom books...Yes, it certainly sounds like the Kansas Tom books are translations of the Big Jim books. After an opening story arc in that series where Jim is pursuing the man who killed his brother, the character settles down on a horse ranch near Cornerstone, Nevada, and spends the rest of the series there, as far as I know. I haven't read many of the later ones.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1146901191145311032006-05-06T02:39:00.000-05:002006-05-06T02:39:00.000-05:00I didn't know, that Meares has written Larry & Str...I didn't know, that Meares has written Larry & Stretch (or like I know it, Bill & Ben) using name of McCoy. But in scandinavia, he wrote over 500 "Bill & Ben" books and over 50 Bill & Ben Specials. In Finland almost everyone's cover is red and white. I have only one book which color is completely white.<BR/><BR/>I have another Marshall Grover's serie, too. It's called "Kansas". Maybe it's yours "Big Jim" (Nevada Jim)? Leading character's name is Kansas Tom and he is former cavalry's sergeant. He has horse ranch in Nevada.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that I found new information about Leonard Meares and Larry & Stretch. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com