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Title: The Killing Season by Ralph Compton ISBN: 0-451-18787-3 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fair to middling good story
Comment: Hi folks,
I'm James Drury. I've just finished three novels by Ralph Compton in the last couple of weeks and this is one of them, so tonight I wanted to share with you my views on a rare writer that I think the world should be sad to have lost.
Ralph Compton kept his books clean and readable for anyone, and that is certainly a rarity these days. He kept the action moving, and if you don't mind some historical inaccuracies you will really like his books. As the previous reviewer indicated, just please don't take Mr. Compton seriously on a lot of his writing where historical figures are represented. He is not always true to facts. His gun leather and much of his detail about western dress is also erroneous, and these are my reasons for not giving this book a five star rating. Otherwise, it is very readable.
As an aside, I'm reading books on tape now by another author by the name of KIRBY JONAS, and I highly recommend that if you like Western novels you try him out. He has quickly become my favorite. And on his newer books, I am one of his proofreaders--so YES, I can vouch for his historical authenticity and beautiful writing style.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compton at His Best
Comment: I have read seven Compton novels and "The Killing Season" is a cut above the rest. This book uses the strongest characters from the first novel to good advantage.
One small negative that will not be apparent to the reader until reading the third Stone novel, "Autumn of The Gun" is Compton's weaving real historical figures into the novel. In this book, Compton does not distort history so the surfacing figures like Bill Hickok do not damage the storyline.
If you choose to read "Autumn of The Gun", you need to consider that Compton's viewpoint (Which becomes Nathan Stone's viewpoint) about Wyatt Earp is not supported by historical fact.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ralph Compton's Best book
Comment: I've read all of the books in the Nathan Stone series and I think this is the best one. In The Dawn of Fury, occasionally things got off track, and in The Autumn of the Gun, it was a little odd because the dates were off. But this is one of Ralph Compton's best books, and I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Title: The Dawn of Fury by Ralph Compton ISBN: 0451186311 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Sixguns and Double Eagles by Ralph Compton ISBN: 0451193318 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Border Empire (Signet Historical Fiction, No. Ae9209) by Ralph Compton ISBN: 0451192095 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Shadow of a Noose by Ralph Compton, Ralph W. Cotton ISBN: 0451193334 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death Rides a Chestnut Mare by Ralph Compton ISBN: 0451197615 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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