tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2091313745839790921..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Cyclone Jim - Ed Earl ReppJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-40424071792182391892014-11-14T13:12:44.063-06:002014-11-14T13:12:44.063-06:00All those things and more, I suspect. Some of the ...All those things and more, I suspect. Some of the Western pulp authors -- Frank Bonham comes to mind -- specialized in stories where the hero wasn't the stereotypical cowboy or lawman.<br /><br />Most of the pulpsters didn't overdo the Western dialect to the extent that Repp did. As long as it's not too prevalent, it doesn't bother me. I blame it on Zane Grey, who was a little heavy-handed with the dialect himself but was a huge bestseller anyway.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-52082689988138724732014-11-14T12:43:53.139-06:002014-11-14T12:43:53.139-06:00That westernish language would drive me crazy befo...That westernish language would drive me crazy before a paragraph was finished.<br /><br />I've been thinking about life in the western town as portrayed in westerns of all kinds. If a person wanted to make a (legal) living, and didn't want the often backbreaking toil of being a rancher/farmer, what would they do? Run a stable/feedlot? Doctor? Own a saloon (to much violence, maybe), be a gunsmith, run the stage office, own the general store? Sell wagons, be a carpenter? What?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com