Mark Mitten's Blog - Posts Tagged "sipping-whiskey"
NOMINATED - 2013 Peacemaker Award
Great news. "Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave" was just officially nominated for a 2013 Peacemaker Award. The category is Best Western New Novel, and these awards are presented by the Western Fictioneers. They will make a final decision on June 1. Hoping for the best.
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The Summit Daily - book review
Here is a very positive book review of SIPPING WHISKEY IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. It's in The Summit Daily, the newspaper for Summit County in Colorado. This circulates in Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, etc.
http://www.summitdaily.com/entertainm...
EXCERPT:
"Employing easy, rustic dialogue and seamlessly converging the various story arcs into a dramatic climax, Mitten awakens images of “Gunsmoke” and “The Magnificent Seven,” painting thrilling scenes of vigilante justice, with posses on the trail of outlaws on the run, as well as the more mundane realities of frontier living, namely the dusty drudgery of rough vaquero living, with its campfire cooking, saddle sores and dangerous stampedes...Certain to be a favorite of equestrians, modern ranchers and history buffs, “Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave” is a reminder of the divergent yet interconnected histories and topographies of Colorado."
http://www.summitdaily.com/entertainm...
EXCERPT:
"Employing easy, rustic dialogue and seamlessly converging the various story arcs into a dramatic climax, Mitten awakens images of “Gunsmoke” and “The Magnificent Seven,” painting thrilling scenes of vigilante justice, with posses on the trail of outlaws on the run, as well as the more mundane realities of frontier living, namely the dusty drudgery of rough vaquero living, with its campfire cooking, saddle sores and dangerous stampedes...Certain to be a favorite of equestrians, modern ranchers and history buffs, “Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave” is a reminder of the divergent yet interconnected histories and topographies of Colorado."
