Yellowstone Kelly [Mass Market Paperback]

Will Henry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Yellow stone Kelly is an Indian fighter and scout like no other. The devil-may-care Irishman can pick off hostiles and quote the classics with equal ease and accuracy. Even the mighty Sioux fear him--or most of them fear him. Sitting Bull's main war chief, the dreaded Gall, fears no man, and Kelly has something of his that the warrior would gladly kill to get back--his woman. .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843943645
• ISBN-13: 978-0843943641
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,156,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Western, November 3, 1999

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This review is from: Yellowstone Kelly (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book for the first time over 20 years ago. Loved it then, still do. Will Henry/Clay Fisher brings these people from the past alive. They become living breathing sympathetc characters in this book and all his others.

Bravery, cowardice, pathos it's all here. One of my prized posessions is a picture of me by Luther S. " Yellowstone " Kelly's grave above Billings, Montana.

Will Henry/Clay Fisher is far better, than the more popular Louis L'Amour, at evoking a real sense of place, time and history.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Little Man With The Strong Heart", April 18, 2005

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Kay's Husband (Virginia, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yellowstone Kelly (Mass Market Paperback)

Prior to entering the military in the late 1950s I saw a movie entitled "Yellowstone Kelly." I thought it very good, especially with ole Clint 'Cheyenne' Walker in the lead role. A Warner Brothers extravaganza of the Sioux Wars with John Russell playing the Hunkpapa war leader, Gall.

Later as I began to read westerns I learned that Luther Sage "Yellowstone" Kelly was a real person, and that he actually did accomplish stupendous things out west. So much so that the Sioux (Lakota) not only feared him, but gave him the honored name "The Little Man With The Strong Heart." In this novel from Clay Fisher/Will Henry he is also known as "Man Who Never Lays Down His Gun."

He did all this while serving as an Army scout for General George Crook in Crook's far-flung Department of the Platte. Some of his fellow scouts were said to have commented that Kelly could smell an Indian in the dark, better than they could see one in the light of day. In his days of Army service he very much helped write the history of the Yellowstone Valley.

This novel based on events from Luther Sage Kelly's life by Clay Fisher was published in hardcover in 1957. In and out of print since then, it has more recently been reprinted by Leisure Westerns using Will Henry as author. Since they were both pen names for William Henry Allen, no matter how they print the book or to whom they give credit as author, this is one wonderful saga from the mists of those far gone times.

Do yourself a favor, and spend a couple nights reading this. Your time spent with Luther Sage Kelly, or Yellowstone Kelly will not be wasted.

Semper Fi.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE STRONG HEART", August 25, 2010

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Kay's Husband (Virginia, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yellowstone Kelly (Mass Market Paperback)

Prior to entering the military from high school in the late 1950s, I saw a Warner Bros. movie entitled "Yellowstone Kelly". I thought it very good, especially with 'ole' Clint 'Cheyenne' Walker in the lead role. This Warner Bros. extravaganza of the Lakota (Sioux)wars also starred John 'Lawman' Russell playing the venerable Hunkpapa war leader, Gall. Throw in Andra Martin and Ed 'Kookie' Byrnes and you have one solid western from Warner Bros. pictures.

Much later as I began to read westerns and western history, learned that Luther Sage 'Yellowstone' Kelly had been a real historical figure, and that he actually did accomplish stupendous things out west. So much so that the Lakota (Sioux) not only feared him, but gave him the honored name "The Little Man With The Strong Heart". In this novel from Clay Fisher/Will Henry, Kelly is also known as "Man Who Never Lays Down His Gun".

Yellowstone Kelly did most of his accomplishments while serving as a U.S. Army scout for General George Crook in Crook's far-flung Department of the Platte. Some of Kelly's fellow scouts were said to comment that Kelly could smell an Indian in the dark, better than they could see one in the light of day. In his days of army service Kelly very much helped write a portion of history for the Yellowstone Valley.

This excellent novel based on events from Luther Sage Kelly's life by author Clay Fisher was originally published in hardcover in 1957. In and out of print since then, it has more recently been reprinted by Leisure Books using Will Henry as its author. Will Henry and Clay Fisher, pen names of Henry Wilson Allen, were one and the same person. No matter how they print it or to whom they give credit as author, this is one wonderful saga coming down to us through the mists of those far gone western times.

Do yourself a favor, and spend a couple nights reading this fine novel. Your time spent with Luther Sage Kelly, or Yellowstone Kelly will not be wasted. It might even move you to read a biography of the man, plus he left us an autobiography of himself as well.

Well recommended.

Semper Fi.