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Brack
Brack Haynes wants a homestead of his own a wife, family, and peace from the memories of war and bounty hunting that haunted his soul. So he hires a half-breed rancher and leads his cattle to the edge of Indian territory--a hostile stretch of wilderness that no white man has ever dared to claim. June publications date.
4 pages, Audio Cassette
First published October 1, 1990
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Johnny Quarles
14 books3 followersFrom his official obituary, published in The Enid News & Eagle newspaper, Dec. 9, 2008.
He was born June 29, 1946, in Warren, Ohio, to Waldo and Wilma Roach Quarles and died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Integris Northwest Specialty Hospital.
He moved from Warren with his family and grew up in Charleston, W.V. and Grants, N.M., where he graduated from high school. He served in the Army Special Forces Unit in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1963 to 1966. Following his honorable discharge, he worked for Frisco Railroad. He then owned Chances R. Restaurant, and in 1978 went to work for KGWA as account executive and sports announcer for Enid High School.
He married Wendy Frey April 11, 1981, in Enid. He worked for a radio station in Columbia, S.C., as sports announcer and morning talk show host for two years. In the early 1980s, he and Denny Price operated P&Q; Well Service.
He returned to Enid in 1988 and began his writing career. He wrote more than 12 novels and wrote television screen plays, most notably the “Lonesome Dove” series. His novels were published by Avon Publishing of New York City where several were on the best seller list. He was novelist in residence at Phillips University from 1995 to 1998. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He coached football for EJRT, women’s softball and youth baseball.
To read more, visit the newspaper site: http://enidnews.com/localnews/x518702...
He was born June 29, 1946, in Warren, Ohio, to Waldo and Wilma Roach Quarles and died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Integris Northwest Specialty Hospital.
He moved from Warren with his family and grew up in Charleston, W.V. and Grants, N.M., where he graduated from high school. He served in the Army Special Forces Unit in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1963 to 1966. Following his honorable discharge, he worked for Frisco Railroad. He then owned Chances R. Restaurant, and in 1978 went to work for KGWA as account executive and sports announcer for Enid High School.
He married Wendy Frey April 11, 1981, in Enid. He worked for a radio station in Columbia, S.C., as sports announcer and morning talk show host for two years. In the early 1980s, he and Denny Price operated P&Q; Well Service.
He returned to Enid in 1988 and began his writing career. He wrote more than 12 novels and wrote television screen plays, most notably the “Lonesome Dove” series. His novels were published by Avon Publishing of New York City where several were on the best seller list. He was novelist in residence at Phillips University from 1995 to 1998. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He coached football for EJRT, women’s softball and youth baseball.
To read more, visit the newspaper site: http://enidnews.com/localnews/x518702...
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February 15, 2018
BRACK By Johnny Quarles
Back was a well written western, a little short on rounding out his characters, but a really good story line. It was a little long winded, but good.
Back was a well written western, a little short on rounding out his characters, but a really good story line. It was a little long winded, but good.
April 12, 2017
"PEACE IN THE VALLEY"
The perils of life is can't be defined. You never know what will happen; sometimes things work themselves out, but on the whole, we were NEVER guaranteed "a rose garden". Brack and his partner/friend Ash, have been together since Lincoln's War or some refer to it as The Northern Aggression. A lot of men died on both sides, families were destroyed. Post Traumatic Stress affected a lot of men, the men who fought in the often displayed these symptoms. Such as flash backs, crying jags, paranoia they sometimes just lost their way and disappeared in the mountains or wandered never settling down. Barack had flash backs, usually brought on by stress. His wife gave birth but the babies died. And we have incest...killer who describes hearing voices, seeing demons with red eyes...schizoid behavior, just a messy situation. A sheriff whose facing his demons both personal and professional. Not bad as most western goes...but you make the decision after reading this western...
The perils of life is can't be defined. You never know what will happen; sometimes things work themselves out, but on the whole, we were NEVER guaranteed "a rose garden". Brack and his partner/friend Ash, have been together since Lincoln's War or some refer to it as The Northern Aggression. A lot of men died on both sides, families were destroyed. Post Traumatic Stress affected a lot of men, the men who fought in the often displayed these symptoms. Such as flash backs, crying jags, paranoia they sometimes just lost their way and disappeared in the mountains or wandered never settling down. Barack had flash backs, usually brought on by stress. His wife gave birth but the babies died. And we have incest...killer who describes hearing voices, seeing demons with red eyes...schizoid behavior, just a messy situation. A sheriff whose facing his demons both personal and professional. Not bad as most western goes...but you make the decision after reading this western...
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