The Return of Morgette [Hardcover]

Glenn G. Boyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1985

Written by G G Boyer. Legendary gunfighter and lawman Dolf Morgette is heading back home to Idaho for his son's wedding, but soon he learns he may be attending a funeral instead. Junior Morgette, the marshall of Pinebluff, has been drygulched and is near death. Dolf needless to say is worried sick about his son and he is eager to get back to hom as son as possible, but there are various obstacles in his way, not least a gang of rustlers, gold-stealing thieves and a range full of outlaws.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Dolf Morgette returns to Pinebluff for his son Junior's wedding only to find Junior shot and the local sheriff in cahoots with outlaws. With the help of former cronies and Indians from the reservation he cleans up the gang by using means more illegal than legal, but always lethal to the bad guys. An additional complication is the presence in Pinebluff of the four women in love with Dolf, including his former wife and present one. There is tough action and tough talk. The plot is thin, the characters are thinner. Entertainment for admirers of Morgette. Sister Avila, Acad. of the Holy Angels, Minneapolis
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 185 pages
• Publisher: Walker & Co (August 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802740499
• ISBN-13: 978-0802740496
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,406,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a turkey!, November 18, 2010

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Rory Coker (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Return Of Morgette (Hardcover)

Some years ago I read and enjoyed Boyer's CUSTER, TERRY AND ME, and so I decided to pick up a few paperback westerns by Boyer to see if my enjoyment continued. Well, to say the least, no.

This particular novel, apparently originally published in 1985 and reissued in various formats in the last 10 years, is part of a long series about a character, Dolf Morgette, obviously loosely based on Wyatt Earp. In this particular outing, the only volume of his "adventures" I've read, Morgette is so completely surrounded by relatives, old girl friends, ex-wives, children, old and new enemies and old and new friends, none of whom are very clearly identified for the new reader, that there is little time for him to actually do anything. About the only suspense that develops has Morgette doing something that absolutely makes no sense whatsoever... when someone takes a shot at him at a mine site, he heads into a long mine shaft (in pitch darkness!) in order to "head the gunman off." [Needless to say, the gunman was never anywhere near the mine.] Naturally all that happens is that the gunman doubles back and locks the door(!) to the shaft behind our hero, resulting in a chapter in which Morgette has to climb a long vertical shaft on old, rotten wooden ladders in hopes of finding an open trapdoor at the top. That's about it for the reader who is looking for something to keep him or her reading. All other pages are expended on exceedingly dull meetings between our hero and family and friends. There's a gang of outlaws, but the leader dies in a total anticlimax about midway through the novel. There's a "big boss" working in secret behind the scenes to make big trouble, but he's killed by an underling about 3/4 of the way through the novel without Morgette even suspecting his existence. And there's a kind of parody of the gunfight at the OK Corral at novel's end, that involves no shooting at anyone, and gives the reader no rewards whatsoever.

This kind of novel is useful only for illustrating the lows to which the paperback western sank during the last 30 years.