Silver Saddles (The Dakota Series) [Paperback]

Cap Iversen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1st edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155583213X
• ISBN-13: 978-1555832131
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read, September 23, 2008

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Wayne R. Wheeler "Enz fan" (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Saddles (The Dakota Series) (Paperback)

I love the three Cap Iversen gay western titles. As long as you're not reading these expecting great literature (which they're not intended to be anyway), you'll no doubt enjoy them.

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun read., April 3, 2011

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Gerry A. Burnie "Gerry B's Book Reviews" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Saddles (The Dakota Series) (Paperback)

Having read Arson: The Dakota Series by Cap Iversen, and enjoyed it, I then went on to find (not that easily done) Silver Saddles [Alyson Books, 1993].
In this tale, gunslinger Dakota Taylor is now happily partnered with Benjamin Colsen, whom he met in the first of the series, and all is well until he get's the news that his mother has passed away at the family's homestead. After hearing this news in town he is ambushed on his way home, and discovers that someone has posted a bounty for him, dead or alive. When he recovers from his injuries, he sets out on a nine-month odyssey to find out why someone would hate him enough to go to all this effort to see him dead.
To this point it is classic western fare, i.e. good guy v. bad guy(s), but then the author takes off on a flight of fancy that is both complex and incredible at times. It is the sort of thing that requires not only tight writing, but also tight control of the characters and events that are galloping all over the place. In this regard Iversen does quite well for the most part, and almost pulls it off...that is, almost.
Fundamentally, the story suffers from too many characters doing too many things, as well as a plot that is too clever-by-half. Still, having said that, if you read it as being a "let's pretend the West was like that," it is a fun read and an evening's entertainment. Three and one-half stars.

Gerry Burnie
"Two Irish Lads" & "Journey to Big Sky"

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summary, December 5, 1999

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This review is from: Silver Saddles (The Dakota Series) (Paperback)

Dakota Taylor is a gay gunslinger in the tradition of Louis L'Amour--except that Dakota's amour is directed at other men. Don't miss Arson! and Rattler!