Brules

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Summary: Wonderfu
Review: Exciting, heroic adventure written with a knowledge of the geography and history of the Southwest.

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Summary: a brilliant , capativating , awesome read
Review: From start to finish ,just a great book, what's best is the great detail in which the story is told , very vivid , you become almost attached to the character and feel like taking the same journey that Cat Brules takes, thru a time that(sadly) had been forgotten, the magic of the old west , the indians , buffalos, wild game , and the images of a land before the migration west. the sequel was just as good it was kinda sad to see the fading of the wild west but it was still a great book the third installment though besides the part when brules finally dies really wasn't that good , to much on steven cartwirght . all in all 5 stars for the both of them , 2 and 1/2 for the third one

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Summary: Finally, a book written by an outdoorsman for outdoorsmen
Review: Harry Combs brings out the excitement and lust for living and dying in the old west. I've never read a book so fast in my life, you can't put it down. The book is even packed with useful tidbits of survival and wilderness living techniques. Excellent book

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Summary: Overblown
Review: I do not often read westerns, however I thought I would give a book like Brules, touted to be more literature than genre, a try. I'm sorry I did.

Brules is too long, too wordy, and unnecessarily racist. Yes, the white men and the indians didn't love each other. We know that. But having that driven home without redemption for over 400 of the 500 pages is nauseating at best. Brules himself is mostly without redemption. There is little to love in a man who views his woman as a beautiful piece of flesh and shoots and kills people to get whatever he needs. Yes, I'm sure there were lots of cowboys like that out there, but do we really want to spend a whole 500 and some pages in the company of one?

That said, Brules is fairly well written, and Harry Combs did manage to create one character I really cared about--the young man we meet at the beginning of the book and to whom Brules tells his story, Steven Cartwright. I hear Combs wrote a whole book about him, The Legend of the Painted Horse, and perhaps I will go give that a try.

All told, Brules is probably a good read for Western readers. I think the rest of us, however, will find it a bit nauseating.

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Summary: Wonderful...An American Classic
Review: i'm not a big western fan, but the style pace and depth of this book is just fantastic. Combs isn't afraid to give his main character a few faults which is a refreshing twist to most books where the hero can do no wrong. the politically correct crowd (and vegetarians) are sure to be offended, but that's also part of what makes it great. This book places you in the wild west of the late 1800's and tells it like it surely must have been.

I look forward to reading the sequel.

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Summary: On a par with the best western novels
Review: i'm not a big western fan, but the style pace and depth of this book is just fantastic. Combs isn't afraid to give his main character a few faults which is a refreshing twist to most books where the hero can do no wrong. the politically correct crowd (and vegetarians) are sure to be offended, but that's also part of what makes it great. This book places you in the wild west of the late 1800's and tells it like it surely must have been.

I look forward to reading the sequel.

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Summary: OUTSTANDING could not put it down!
Review: The old west as I have never read before. Mr. Combs has a genuine understanding of the old west and how it was. Would love to read some more books by Harry Combs.

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Summary: BRULE'S
Review: THIS BOOK BY HARRY COMBS IS FABULOUS. THE DETAILS OF THE AREA ARE SUPERB. AS WE LIVE VERY CLOSE BY AND HAVE BEEN TO THIS SPOT MANY TIMES, WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH HIS PRECISE DETAIL. THE STORY IS SO EASY TO FOLLOW AND CAPTIVATING, WE COULD NOT WAIT TO OBTAIN THE NEXT 2 BOOKS. MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN NORWOOD HAVE ORDERED THIS ON OUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU HARRY COMBS.

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Summary: BRULE'S
Review: THIS BOOK BY HARRY COMBS IS FABULOUS. THE DETAILS OF THE AREA ARE SUPERB. AS WE LIVE VERY CLOSE BY AND HAVE BEEN TO THIS SPOT MANY TIMES, WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH HIS PRECISE DETAIL. THE STORY IS SO EASY TO FOLLOW AND CAPTIVATING, WE COULD NOT WAIT TO OBTAIN THE NEXT 2 BOOKS. MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN NORWOOD HAVE ORDERED THIS ON OUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU HARRY COMBS.

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Summary: Wonderful...An American Classic
Review: This book is definitely good enough to become an American classic. It is not only a Western, but also a romance, fantasy, and war/battle novel. None of this themes dominate the novel, which creates an interesting balance. I read the book two years ago, and still remember everything...using some of the lessons in the book in my own life. I hope that there is a sequel to the other two sequels. (Wonderful book!)