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Down on the Border: A Western Lawman's Journal

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I found myself being able to visualize the desert, fell the heat of the region and Florida mountains that Skelton speaks of. His writing is extrememly visual and you can almost feel the breath of the bad guys on the back of your neck.

Skelton finds the humor and idiosyncrisies in human nature as we try to finagle our way through life. The characters that he has come in contact with through his law enforcement career, has got to make you think that humor is the best medicine. The one thing that will carry you through the day.

I would highly recommend Down on the Border to get a taste of life in the deserts of the South west. You will find that every chapter will make you laugh and wanting to read more.

The illustrations were fantastic and comical and added to the humurous nature of adventures. The introduction with J. Jackson was truely rewarding seeing, as it demostrates Cops helping cops. Their lives and tales parrallel no matter where they are.

They should be rewarded highly for their service. Thank you for making an insane world seem humorous. I enjoyed the laughs.

As a dedicated reader of Skeeter Skelton for many years, I have to say that son Bart writes with the same level of enthusiasm, wit, and knowledge of firearms and desert lore as did his father. I am sure Skeeter's grin is a mile wide as he and sidekick Bill Jordan observe from Heaven how popular an author Bart has become.

This book written by Bart Skelton a lawman in his own right is an inspiration to ALL Southwestern lawmen. It talks about some of his personal wild west experiences working as a law enforcement officer in the Sonoran Border. Some of them funny and some all but too serious. I really enjoyed his book, I have been reading his material since I was a member of G&A Magazine... He talks about, Snake, Col. Quiroz, and others alike... This is one good purchase... Give it a shot, sit back and get ready for a trip Down On The Border.

Bart writes excellent articles for several magazines and his book is just as good. Highly recommended.

Bart certainly has all the talent of his well known father. He regales the reader with stories of life down on the border in his unique and witty style. Must read for Skeeter fans and those interested in tales of the great Southwest

Well written. Great read for anyone interested in stories of what it's really like "down on the border".

He's not the writer his father was. At first I thought I should not compare them, but his being Skeeter's son was the main reason I bought the book.

The editor seems to have relied on "spell-check", instead of proofreading. I saw several errors where the word used was a real word, but it wasn't the right word. Like saying "no", when it was evident from the rest of the sentence that the word was supposed to be "not". This kind of thing jerks me out of the story.

There is a section of photographs in the back, where, in the captions, Mr. Skelton refers to himself as "the Author". "Joe and the Author", "the Author standing next to his mother", etc. I was unaware that "author" was either a proper name or a title, and required capitalization. I found this pretentious, like Queen Victoria referring to herself as "We".

Aside from those complaints, I enjoyed the book. The stories were good, and he's a decent writer. If another book of his stories is published, I will probably buy it also. If it had the same editorial problems that this one had, though, I would not buy a third one.