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The Holts #4
California Glory
San Francisco newspaper mogul Tim Holt's dedication to publishing the truth wins him formidable enemies who have become very close with the Holt clan and could threaten the family power and prestige.
324 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1991
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Dana Fuller Ross
104 books144 followersDana Fuller Ross is a pseudonym used by Noel B. Gerson and James M. Reasoner.
Noel Gearson specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms, "Dana Fuller Ross.", Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan. He has written more than 325 novels.
James Reasoner (pictured) is an American writer. He is the author of more than 150 books and many short stories in a career spanning more than thirty years. Reasoner has used at least nineteen pseudonyms, in addition to his own name: Jim Austin; Peter Danielson; Terrance Duncan; Tom Early; Wesley Ellis; Tabor Evans; Jake Foster; William Grant; Matthew Hart; Livia James; Mike Jameson; Justin Ladd; Jake Logan; Hank Mitchum; Lee Morgan; J.L. Reasoner (with his wife); Dana Fuller Ross; Adam Rutledge; and Jon Sharpe. Since most of Reasoner's books were written as part of various existing Western fiction series, many of his pseudonyms were publishing "house" names that may have been used by other authors who contributed to those series
Noel Gearson specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms, "Dana Fuller Ross.", Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan. He has written more than 325 novels.
James Reasoner (pictured) is an American writer. He is the author of more than 150 books and many short stories in a career spanning more than thirty years. Reasoner has used at least nineteen pseudonyms, in addition to his own name: Jim Austin; Peter Danielson; Terrance Duncan; Tom Early; Wesley Ellis; Tabor Evans; Jake Foster; William Grant; Matthew Hart; Livia James; Mike Jameson; Justin Ladd; Jake Logan; Hank Mitchum; Lee Morgan; J.L. Reasoner (with his wife); Dana Fuller Ross; Adam Rutledge; and Jon Sharpe. Since most of Reasoner's books were written as part of various existing Western fiction series, many of his pseudonyms were publishing "house" names that may have been used by other authors who contributed to those series
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June 1, 2023
Meh. The plot in this one still doesn't grab me.
September 16, 2019
The fourth novel in the Holts, American Dynasty series continues the stories of the main characters begun in this series as well as a couple that have roots way back in the first of the Wagons West series.
Plenty of family drama takes place, of course, focusing on Tim’s growing newspaper business as he moves up to the San Francisco market, Toby’s career as a senator in Washington DC, and a rather touching sub plot involving a dastardly con job to steal the homestead land from the elderly matriarch Eulalia by feeding her own fears of old-age mental frailty.
Among the historical events visited in this volume are the beginnings of the rise of the unions in 1893-94, most especially the coal miners strike in Pennsylvania and the Pullman strike which mostly disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest. We also get glimpses of the very first motion pictures using Edison’s movie camera (known as the kinetograph) and the first automobile races using the earliest models.
Another fine entry in this multi-tiered historical fiction series.
Plenty of family drama takes place, of course, focusing on Tim’s growing newspaper business as he moves up to the San Francisco market, Toby’s career as a senator in Washington DC, and a rather touching sub plot involving a dastardly con job to steal the homestead land from the elderly matriarch Eulalia by feeding her own fears of old-age mental frailty.
Among the historical events visited in this volume are the beginnings of the rise of the unions in 1893-94, most especially the coal miners strike in Pennsylvania and the Pullman strike which mostly disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest. We also get glimpses of the very first motion pictures using Edison’s movie camera (known as the kinetograph) and the first automobile races using the earliest models.
Another fine entry in this multi-tiered historical fiction series.
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October 18, 2009
This was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. Less trashy romance and more action that I thought. Definitely got me interested in reading the preceding books in this series.
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