American Westerns discussion

I've written a short piece on British remittance men, the second sons of the aristocracy who came over to ranch out west. Might be of interest to some of you It's over at http://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com/

Excellent article! I wrote a piece on the English in the West myself back in June, to help promote an ebook re-release of B.M. Bower's Her Prairie Knight (1906), and I found your blog while doing research—your post on Moreton Frewen was particularly helpful. I had no idea when I began that the English in the West was such a large and interesting topic!

Elisabeth wrote: "Excellent article! I wrote a piece on the English in the West myself back in June, to help promote an ebook re-release of B.M. Bower's Her Prairie Knight (1906), and I found your blog while doing r..."
Yeah, they were all over the place! Even the famous Charles Goodnight was partnered with a Brit. I'm doing another piece shortly--all promo I'm afraid for my own poor offering out this Fri. Thanks for your comment here

Andrea,
I am working on a three book series based on the Lincoln County War. The protagonist who launched that bloody business along with the outlaw career of William Bonney, A.K.A, Billy the Kid was an Englishman. John Tunstall came to Lincoln County New Mexico in 1877 to seek his fortune. He used 'Daddy's money' to establish mercantile and ranching interests in competition with the dominant commercial interests in the county controlled by Lawrence Murphy and James Dolan. The Murphy Dolan faction, known as The House, expressed their competitive displeasure with Tunstall's initiative by having him murdered. Tunstall's death set off a bloody chapter in 19th century New Mexican history. The first book is about ready to start searching for a publisher.

I read Andrea Downing's blog on the remittance men and learned a lot because I didn't know anything about them to start with. :-) I've read all of B.M. Bowers books in the Flying U series, but I wasn't aware of the Prairie Knight. Paul your intended 3-book series on New Mexico's Lincoln County War sounds interesting. Good luck!

My current post on my website at http://www.euniceboeve.net is an interview with Andrea Downing about her and her new book Loveland.

Paul wrote: "Andrea,
I am working on a three book series based on the Lincoln County War. The protagonist who launched that bloody business along with the outlaw career of William Bonney, A.K.A, Billy the Kid w..."
Paul, I just found your post on this--for some reason never got a notice. If you find this I'd really like to have you guest blog about this sometime if you're interested.

Paul, I interviewed Andrea on my August blog. To take a look, go to http://www.euniceboeve.net and click on Blog at the top of the page.

Andrea wrote: "Paul wrote: "Andrea,
I am working on a three book series based on the Lincoln County War. The protagonist who launched that bloody business along with the outlaw career of William Bonney, A.K.A, Bi..."

Andrea wrote: "Paul wrote: "Andrea,
I am working on a three book series based on the Lincoln County War. The protagonist who launched that bloody business along with the outlaw career of William Bonney, A.K.A, Bi..."

Andrea,
I would be happy to do something for your blog. What are you looking for in terms of guidelines- length, format etc. If it is easier, you can contact me directly at paul@paulcolt.com.
Best,
Paul

A very late response (hey, my western is also a time travel, heh), but GREAT SUBJECT! And Paul, although I've read a LOT about Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War, it never *occurred* to me that the British Tunstall was a remittance man. *sigh* Sounds like a good series.

Yvonne,
My publisher has book one. I'm hoping for a 2014 release. Stay tuned. Film at 11:00.

My fingers are crossed, Paul (which makes my typing even more impressive, heh)

Finger-crossed typing- my mother would have expected that from me. She could do 120 wpm on a manual. She typed my papers through college owing to the D somebody got in Typing class. If she saw me on a keyboard today- she'd roll over in her grave.

I only got a C in typing, but ended up being able to do 100 wpm, just because I wrote So Much. I still miss the IBM Selectric. Not enough to give up word processors, mind you, but still... that hum, that vibration under the fingertips, that distinct POP! sound for each key hitting. Ah, memories.