Wolfer [Large Print] [Library Binding]

Loren D. Estleman (Author)

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (June 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850574839
• ISBN-13: 978-1850574835
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,996,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since the appearance of his first novel in 1976, Loren D. Estleman has written more than 65 books and hundreds of short stories and articles. Alone (Dec 2009, Forge Books) is the second in a new series about L.A. film detective Valentino, and features Greta Garbo.

To kick off the new decade, Estleman's The Book of Murdock (eighth in the U.S. Deputy Marshal Page Murdock series) will appear in March and, to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Private Detective Amos Walker, The Left-Handed Dollar will publish in December. It's the 20th novel in the award-winning series.

An authority on both criminal history and the American West, Estleman has been called the most critically acclaimed author of his generation. He has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.

He has received seventeen national writing awards: four Shamuses from the Private Eye Writers of America, five Spurs from the Western Writers of America, two American Mystery Awards from Mystery Scene Magazine, two Outstanding Mystery Writer of the Year awards from Popular Fiction Monthly, two Stirrup Awards for outstanding articles in the Western Writers of America magazine, The Roundup, and three Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1987, the Michigan Foundation of the Arts presented him with its award for literature. In 1997, the Michigan Library Association named him the recipient of the Michigan Author's Award. In 2007, Nicotine Kiss was named a Notable Book by the Library of Michigan.

Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Journalism. On April 27, 2002, EMU presented him with an honorary doctorate in letters. He left the job market in 1980 to write full time. He lives in Michigan and is married to writer Deborah Morgan. For more information, please visit his website: www.lorenestleman.com

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read, May 31, 2001

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W. Keith Bell (Saginaw, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wolfer (Paperback)

I recently started reading Mr. Estleman's westerns having read Louis L'Amour for the past 24yrs. I felt the story was very well researched despite the lack of literature on the subject of Wolfing. After reading Nicholas Evans "The Loop" I became interested in the subject of Wolfing. I had seen brief references to the subject in Westerns I have read and thought it was a neglected period of Americana. I was suprised to find this book about Wolfing in the Old West. The imagery did indeed remind me of a L'Amour novel and I found the character of R.G. Fulwider a sympathetic one. The "note" at the end, left me wondering if indeed the characters in this book actually existed. All in all a good read and I would recommend it to any western fans out there.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Horrible research but a good story, January 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wolfer (Paperback)

Estleman writes a good story here. He writes good dialogue and makes up some good characters. But, oh, man! I used to live and hunt in the country where this book is supposed to have taken place, and its obvious Estleman never set foot there when he wrote it. Holy cow! He's got oak trees in Idaho, spruce trees whose trunks you can lean against, he's got branches in the woods that are long and straight and strong enough to pick up off the ground and use as ramrods in a long muzzleloading rifle. Not to mention the fact that this guy loads his muzzleloader by putting the patch down FIRST, THEN the powder, then the ball. Good luck shooting THAT thing off! There were some really big contradictions in points he tried to make in the book which if you want details on just email me and I'll pass on the three page list. Then, to top it all off, the ending was so unbelievable it made me sick! I like Estleman's writing style, and for that reason I couldn't give him a one star rating, but that's the only thing that saved him on this horribly written, poorly researched book. Thumbs down. If you want a GOOD story about the country in this book, check out Kirby Jonas's DEATH OF AN EAGLE. Kirby Jonas is known by critics as the NEW LOUIS L'AMOUR, but he's better than L'Amour. CHeck him out. He has his facts STRAIGHT!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Wolfer by Loren D Estleman, September 29, 2005

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Lois Dodds "loisloisloislois" (Dixon, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolfer (Paperback)

He knew the ways of wolves better than the ways of men. He was the best wolfer in the territory - Asa North, itinerant bounty hunter, as cold and ruthless as the quarry he stalked. Black, Jack, fearsome leader of the large pack of wolves in the Caribou Mountains, was the only thing North rally wanted. A big reward was offered for Black Jack - a wolf of savage cunning, whose pack had destroyed countless herds of cattle and sheep. And North was set on tracking down the elusive killer and claming the reward. Good reading.