Review: A Really Good Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2013
If it is true that if we do not learn from our history, we are bound to repeat it, then it is important not to disregard the pioneering history of this country as something quaint or irrelevant that happened in a long ago, distant past. In some regards, the civil war and its aftermath still carries some deep resonances right up to the present day.Having said that, this is an entertaining story in the western genre that manages to work on many different levels, all the while being an action-loaded, fast-paced read that nicely epitomizes the genre. As there was no TV, press or internet in that era, what passed for reliable information between people was actually rumor and hearsay, which, depending on who was the source of such rumor and what their agenda was in spreading it, the communication of such could cause lives to be endangered, feuds to be created and battles to be fought.Such is the case here in this story, where one piece of misinformation leads to innocent men being hunted down, posses formed, gunslingers hired to kill, others seeking revenge and building up to a point where many people are affected over a ten year period until many deaths and wasted lives later, some justice is found and the truth finally gets to see some light. All because of one incorrect and unsubstantiated rumor.Yes, rumor and hearsay is still strong is this modern age but thankfully nobody gets hunted down and chased across open and dangerous wilderness and mercilessly gunned down because of it. Let us not forget the past...