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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> I can recommend two more for your copious spare time ...  Bv)=

 DD> Jeffrey Archer and Ridley Pearson.

 RH> What sort of fiction do they write?  I recognise the names, just not
 RH> familiar with their writing.  Spare time should increase in a couple of
 RH> weeks; my class final is on May 20.  Classes start again on August 19
 RH> but we've got plans for the latter part of June into mid July-ish.

 DD> Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English
 DD> author, actor, playwright and former politician. "A master at mixing
 DD> power, politics, and profit into fiction."

 RH> Possible.  I enjoyed Barbara Taylor Brandford's "A Woman of Substance"
 RH> series.  Her description of Hart's department store, especially the
 RH> food section, half made me wonder if she based it on Harrod's.

 DD> Ridley Pearson, is an American writer. He has historically written
 DD> suspense and thriller novels (mostly "police procedurals") for an

 RH> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, would have to look and see.  From the description,
 RH> most likely not tho.

 DD> adult audience, but has also begun branching out by writing adventure
 DD> books for children (with Dave Barry).

 RH> Oy Veh!

 DD> I've got more. But, those should keep you busy for a bit.

 RH> As in you have the books or what.  Are Louis L'Amour & Tony Hillerman
 RH> as good as I've heard?

 DD> Louis is a good read ... mostly. He has his fans and his detractors.
 DD> Sometimes his plot lines and stories are a bit suspect. But, overall,
 DD> his stuff is mostly formula written and much of his "research" was
 DD> spotty and not a little suspect. He was quick to file the serial
 DD> numbers off a previous tale and change a few names to bring out a
 DD> "new" book. Read him for entertainment, not for thought provoking
 DD> issues.
 
 RH> Probably pure fluff.  Elmore Kelton wrote a decent western; I've got an
 RH> autographed copy of"The Wolf and the Buffalo". Met him when we were
 RH> stationed in San Angelo, TX.

Not pure "fluff" but not as good, nor as original as L'Amour's ego told him
they were. Still, several of his books and stories were made into movies -
including:

Apache Territory: 75 min-based on story Last Stand at Papago Wells, 1958

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado: 76 min. black and white - Howard Duff , 1956

The Burning Hills; 94 min. - Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, 1956

Cancel My Reservations: 99 min - Novel, The Broken Gun Bob Hope, Eva Marie
Saint, Ralph Bellamy, 1972

Catlow: 103 min. - Yul Brynner, Leonard Nimoy,1971

The Cherokee Trail: 40 min. - made for TV Movie 1986

Conagher: Sam Elliot, Katharine Ross, 1991

Down the Long Hills: 90 min. 1987

East of Sumatra: 82 min. - Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Peter
Graves, 1953

Four Guns to the Border: 84 min. - Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan,1954

Guns of the Timberland: 91 min. - also released as Stampede, Alan Ladd, 1960

Heller in Pink Tights: 100 min. - Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren (From the Novel,
Heller With a Gun, 1960)

Hondo: 84 min. - John Wayne, Ward Bond, James Arness, original story, Gift of
Cochise, 1953

Hondo and the Apaches: 85 min. - based on story, The Gift of Cochise; TV
Pilot,1967   

Kid Rodeo: 91 min. black and white - Janet Leigh, Broderick Crawford, 1966

Last Stand at Papago Wells: Released as Apache Territory, 1958

Man Called Noon: 97 minutes, 1973

The Quick and the Dead: 90 min. - Sam Elliot, made for TV Movie 1987

The Sacketts: 191 min. - Glenn Ford, Tom Selleck, Slim Pickens, 1982

The Shadow Riders: 100 min. - Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot; Made for TV Movie, 1982

Shalako: 113 min. - Sean Connery, Brigitte Bar 1968

Stampede (Also released as Guns of the Timberland); Alan Ladd, 1960

Stranger on Horseback: 66 min. - Joel McCrea, John McIntire; Based on Short
Story, 1955

Taggart: 85 min. - Dan Duryea, 1964

The Tall Stranger; 81 min. - Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo; Based on short story,
Showdown Trail, 1957

Treasure of the Ruby Hills: 71 min. - Jim Mayo; Story, The Rider of the Ruby
Hills, 1955

Utah Blaine: 75 min. - black and white - Rory Calhoun 1957 

Information from www.veinotte.com/lamour/movies.htm

I had not realised that there were that many (and several quite entertaining -
especially Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot in an American western horse
opera). In 1969, he won his only Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of
America for "Down the Long Hills".

Kelton, OTOH, wrote more than 40 books, including "The Time it Never Rained,"
"The Wolf and the Buffalo," "The Day the Cowboys Quit," and "The Good Old
Boys," which became a Turner Network movie directed by and starring Tommy Lee
Jones. Kelton was named the number-one Western writer of all time by the
Western Writers of America. The WWA voted him seven Spur awards for best
Western novel of the year and the career Saddleman Award, and he received four
Western Heritage Wrangler awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He died
in August 2009 at age 82 in San Angelo, TX.
 
Long post ... short recipe:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Elmer's Mustard Fried Venison
 Categories: Five, Game, Condiments
      Yield: 5 servings

      4    (to 6) venison loin steaks
           - or venison chops
           Seasoning salt & pepper
      2 tb Dijon-style mustard
      1 ts Horseradish
  1 1/3 c  Olive oil

  Season steaks with your own blend of salt & pepper.

  Combine mustard and horseradish.

  Spread mixture on each side of steaks so that the steaks
  are fully covered on both sides.

  Fry in hot olive oil, being careful to avoid being
  splattered.

  Poke with fork and as soon as juices run clear, steaks are
  done and ready to be served with whatever garnish you
  prefer.

  A baked potato and a green dinner salad rounds out a
  delicious meal.

  Serves 4 -6

  From: http://www.recipezaar.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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