- Hardcover: 182 pages
- Publisher: Avalon (December 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0803493908
- ISBN-13: 978-0803493902
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
Like the "double-dimer" thrillers of the Old West, Boggs's second novel (after Hannah and the Horseman) comes complete with a generic fast-moving plot, "cliffhanger" chapter endings and a burgeoning cast of villainous characters. The guileless narrator and protagonist of this miniature epic is Jack Mackinnon. A failed postwar farming effort sends Jack to Texas, where a terrible toothache puts him in the way of a consumptive dentist, Tenedore Keough, "Ten." The pair eventually join the Texas Rangers, then lapse into outlawry before finally becoming peace officers again. Their exploits are publicized by the lovely and innocent hack writer Robin Hunter in a series of "penny dreadfuls" featuring "Ranger Jack" and his intrepid companion, "Ten." The immense popularity of the books makes the "pards" famous, but it also exposes them to dangerous challenges from envious gunmen. Through it all, Jack always stands up for justice, while Ten flirts with the seamier side of life. Romantic liaisons between Ten and Robin and between Ranger Jack and a ranger's beautiful daughter keep the tale moving in the gaps between explosive scenes of gunplay and vicious struggles involving the forces of good and evil in the Old West. Informed by accurate detail in almost every regard, the tale only rarely slips into anachronism or error. Boggs's narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past and reminds a reader of the derring-do of western legends of yesteryear. (Dec.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Ten and Me is Johnny D. Boggs' eighth book for AVALON. He is also the author of This Man Colter, The Curse of Dunbar's Gold, and the popular Hannah and the Horseman series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
one of the best stories and writers i've ever read,
By justareader (yorba linda, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ten and Me (Hardcover)
fantastic and wonderful story. the flow of the sentences are so smooth and well-constructed. i just love the prose style mr. boggs has been gifted. part of the story read almost alike as louis la'mour's sakkets(?) saga, even the characters are almost alike, the other part is definitely close to that partnership and friendship of the consumptive gunman/doc and what-that-name-is (w..e?) but nonetheless the story still gets its own style and interesting points. perhaps the mixture of these too familiar background structures were also some of the reasons why mr boggs failed to get the award only as a finalist, but still, its good enough to won my 5 stars rating. read it, folks.
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