Ride the Wild Trail [Paperback]

Richard Jensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 2002

When silent movie cowboys Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson are fired by their studios as the era of sound movies approaches, they decide to go on a jaunt with real-life lawman Wyatt Earp, who is near death. They decide to take one last wild ride through the rapidly disappearing old west.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Richard Jensen is an award-winning stage, film and television actor, producer and director and an award-winning writer. Hes been a rodeo cowboy, a stuntman, a big-city policeman and an investigative reporter. He is a lawyer practicing criminal defense and family law in Alabama.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (August 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595239498
• ISBN-13: 978-0595239498
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,538,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great history of and story about the silent movie cowboys, September 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ride the Wild Trail (Paperback)

Jensen not only tells a great story, but also gives a great history of the silent movie cowboys. Anyone who is a fan of early western movies needs to read this book. Film history is interwoven into the fabric of this fictional tale based on true events from the lives of these real-life characters. If you are a fan of Tom Mix or the other early western movie stars, then this book is a must-read. It will give you an education about their movie careers as well as about their personal lives, while telling it all to you in the context of an original story that lets you get to know the book's main characters as individuals. This book makes a great gift for any lover of the old west, for fans of old movies, and for anyone who has a passion for a good story. Although this is in the genre of the western, this is a book that crosses categories and would be enjoyed by anyone.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've read!, September 5, 2002

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Benjamin Dover (Junction City, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ride the Wild Trail (Paperback)

When I saw this book, the cover interested me. I bought it on another website, and I just read it. It is so cool! It's about silent movie cowboys who know Wyatt Earp and they're all getting past their prime, so instead of growing old gracefully, they decide to relive the old days by going on a spree to their old stomping grounds. It is a really funny and sad book, and the story is told like you're listening to somebody tell you the story. I just loved it, especially the part where Wyatt Earp meets a fake Wyatt Earp at a tourist trap. I can't say enough how much I really loved this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Tail, Happy Trails, July 30, 2007

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John Fischer "John Fischer" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ride the Wild Trail (Paperback)

Good fiction about Tox Mix, Hoot Gibson and Wyatt Earp which captures the infant movie industry and those who invented the western genre and were then dumped by the studios. The book moves a little slowly at times, but has a lot of interesting detail which movie buffs and lovers of westerns will like. In part, the book has some parallels to the movie "Sunset" which was about Tox Mix and Wyatt Earp.