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5.0 out of 5 stars
"Life is like cards. We are dealt what we are dealt and must make the best of it.", May 2, 2009
This review is from: The Trailsman #322: Apache Ambush (Paperback)
New Mexico is a hot,hard land in 1861. Skye Fargo is just looking for some rest and relaxation.However,as we haven learned,things don't seem to stay quiet for long when Fargo is around,especially when some character tries to take him on,or bullies someone in his presence.
A wealthy freight baron tries to hire Fargo to work for him to accompany him through Apache country with a wagon train of goods for Hot Springs. Although Skye wasn't really interested ,he finally ends up joining the expedition.The job turns out to be anything but routine.Another wagon baron has been trying to take over from the train Fargo hired on with.A half breed Apache ,who has been big trouble in the area for a long time gets involved. Also on the train are three sisters, who are as beautiful as Fargo has ever encountered,and as tough as any frontiersmen around,and on top of that, can handle men,wagons and guns as well as any men;and they add lots of excitment to the trip.
The story is well costructed,with lots of memorable characters,and more than enough fast-action,even for Fargo.
The artwork on the cover is excellent.Not only do we get one,but two, real exciting scenes from some of the action we read about in the story.The publishers and artists are to be congratulated for the effort they put into their covers...Few ,if any ,others do this as well and as consistently.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
FARGO IN NEW MEXICO, October 24, 2010
This review is from: The Trailsman #322: Apache Ambush (Paperback)
New Mexico Territory, 1861.
Mimbres Mountains
Apache Country
From Hot Springs to Silver Lode by 10 mule wagons through the deadly Mimbres Mountains.
Getting the wagons through safely will ensure the owner, Tim Cranmeyer, a fortune in gold and save his slowly sinking business. However, both Jefferson Grind, dangerous competitor, and a band of Apaches may have the final word on these endeavors. Enter Skye Fargo to help get the wagons through: Fargo is prone to many women and much whiskey, mostly in that order. This job he has accepted through a trio of female persuasion and Cranmeyer's promise of money at trail's end may give him more trouble than he bargained on.
I knew that David Robbins, among several other authors, now write these books and that the stories would be well written. There is much non-western material in this book, but there also exists within the book a fairly readable western story too. Since this series has issued in excess of 300 books I think a number of readers out there are reading them with enjoyment too.
In the Trailsman novels the word 'Ovaro' comes up frequently as to the type of horse Fargo rides. After a small bit of research I can find no type of horse such as this, however, in Spanish, there exists an 'Overo' (like an egg) breed which can be quite similar to a Pinto. Overo in the Spanish would be pronounced 'Ovaro', so maybe this is the underlying idea. Anyone else interested in this, please let me know. I've been interested in the American West for years and had never encountered an 'Ovaro' breed or type of horse before and am simply curious. Some of the books suitably refer to the 'pinto' he rides. It's a friendly horse, to him anyway, it is an intelligent and well trained horse. It's a stallion. Too bad the various artists cannot get it right, each cover painting seems to paint the animal different from story to story.
However, having thousands of paperback western on the shelves, going back at least 50 years, can state unequivocally that the Trailsman book have the best series of paintings ever. That spans 300 and some covers at present. Good work, artists, nameless though you are.
Semper Fi.
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