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Big Ike
Book by Fenady, Andrew J.
425 pages, Hardcover
First published April 3, 2007
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About the author
Andrew J. Fenady
27 books6 followersAndrew J. Fenady was born in Toledo, Ohio. A veteran writer and producer in Hollywood, Fenady created and produced The Rebel (1959–1961) for television, starring Nick Adams. The top-rated show lasted three seasons and the Fenady-penned theme song, “Johnny Yuma,” became a No. 1 hit for Johnny Cash. He wrote and produced the 1969 John Wayne hit Chisum and the popular TV western series Hondo and Branded. His other credits include the adaptation of Jack London’s The Sea Wolf, with Charles Bronson and Christopher Reeve, and the western feature Ride Beyond Vengeance, which starred Chuck Connors. His acclaimed western novels include Big Ike, Riders to Moon Rock, The Trespassers, The Summer of Jack London, The Range Wolf, and Destiny Made Them Brothers. Fenady presently lives in Los Angeles and has been honored with The Golden Boot Award, the Silver Spur Award, and the Owen Wister Award from the Western Writers of America for his lifetime contribution to westerns.
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July 2, 2022
Perhaps I would have rated this higher if I had seen another version. The one I read, and just finished, is a Large Type, with the same cover.
But with terrible typing, spelling, grammar problems -- and they might be all typesetting errors.
Somebody is guilty of poor copy-editing.
The story is nothing especially new, but with an intriguing and large cast of characters. None of them is so enthralling I'd go out of my way to read more about him or her, and not one is so well-drawn or so interesting, here, he or she would be worthy a series by himself or herself.
However, since this story just stops, rather than ending, maybe there are or were supposed to be, more stories to follow.
It makes sense there would be follow-ups: As I said, this just stops, no wrap-up. But with Colonel (at the time of this story, but later General) Crook, Jewish store-keepers who are also card-players and gunfighters, a family of black former slaves, a Catholic nun-schoolteacher, a soiled dove saloon owner, a ... well, I might run out of electrons. Let's just say "... and more" and hope author Fenady does something to give closure.
Mr. Fenady seems an interesting character himself. Maybe he has an autobiography, either in print or in his mind. It might be well worth reading.
But with terrible typing, spelling, grammar problems -- and they might be all typesetting errors.
Somebody is guilty of poor copy-editing.
The story is nothing especially new, but with an intriguing and large cast of characters. None of them is so enthralling I'd go out of my way to read more about him or her, and not one is so well-drawn or so interesting, here, he or she would be worthy a series by himself or herself.
However, since this story just stops, rather than ending, maybe there are or were supposed to be, more stories to follow.
It makes sense there would be follow-ups: As I said, this just stops, no wrap-up. But with Colonel (at the time of this story, but later General) Crook, Jewish store-keepers who are also card-players and gunfighters, a family of black former slaves, a Catholic nun-schoolteacher, a soiled dove saloon owner, a ... well, I might run out of electrons. Let's just say "... and more" and hope author Fenady does something to give closure.
Mr. Fenady seems an interesting character himself. Maybe he has an autobiography, either in print or in his mind. It might be well worth reading.
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