Review
"A fun read" -- Boyd Magers' Western Clippings
"Authentic behind-the-scenes tale ... Readers will have their fingers crossed as they turn the pages." -- True West Magazine
A heartfelt ode to a time and place that is embodied in the glorious B-westerns we grew up loving. -- Leo Pando - The Old Cowboy Picture Show newsletter
He's one of us. -- George Coan, editor/trail boss The Old Cowboy Picture Show
"Authentic behind-the-scenes tale ... Readers will have their fingers crossed as they turn the pages." -- True West Magazine
A heartfelt ode to a time and place that is embodied in the glorious B-westerns we grew up loving. -- Leo Pando - The Old Cowboy Picture Show newsletter
He's one of us. -- George Coan, editor/trail boss The Old Cowboy Picture Show
Product Description
"The Kid"—a 20th Century lad with a stubborn wish that he’d been born a 19th Century gunfighter, and his faithful companion—an eccentric Indian— embark on an adventure-filled odyssey that takes them from John Wayne’s set of The Alamo in Texas to Opening Day at the Old Tucson Western Movie-Set Amusement Park in Arizona.
Their rowdy escapades eventually lead them to California’s celebrated Corriganville Movie Ranch—the Universal Studios Tour of its day. Here is where The Kid quickly learns the ropes by testing both his love and his courage. Acting out famous historical gunfights for the throngs of paying tourists brings The Kid closer to his dreams—and to death.
Nickel-Plated Dream is loosely based upon the author’s youthful recollections of 1959 when he was a 16-year-old gunfighter/stuntman at the then-world-famous Corriganville Movie Ranch Attraction near Hollywood.
