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Chapter 1 of “Lady of the Lake,” the second in the Ronin series of westerns
Ronin rolled on to his right shoulder before standing and breaking into a run. The horse had simply stopped. It had halted like a construction wagon up against an immovable and in this case invisible, rock. And the forward momentum—cushioned by years of rolling, falling and practicing other martial arts taught to him by a French fur trader a few miles south of his Kansas home— had carried him over the horse’s head, hand first on to a sandy path …
Lake Tahoe never gives up its dead
Let me be frank. Hands down, my favorite Western movie of all time is Larry McMurtry’s, Lonesome Dove. I loved the characters, appreciated the expansive scenery and was moved by the clearly mythic journey of Western heroes Woodrew Call and Augustus McCrae. And I enjoyed the book as much as I enjoyed the film. Maybe more so.