Nine Years in the Saddle

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Summary: THE PAST BROUGHT TO LIFE
Review: In _Nine Years in the Saddle_, James V. Lee has told an important story. More than just the life of his father, it is the tale of an American hero. "Dud" Lee was a hero, not because he was some glossy rendition of a Hollywood ideal, but because he was an average, real person who survived and thrived in rough times. Thankfully, James Lee has written about those times. As editor of Doing It Write!, an e-newsletter for writers, I've seen my share of historical books. With _Nine Years in the Saddle_, you'll feel as though you're sitting by the fireplace, listening to Dud himself talk.

Dud's life, although only one or two generations ago, is foreign to modern teenagers. Bootlegging, lion hunting, working from ranch to ranch ... it all feels like something from an adventure book or a history tome. Knowing that this was a real person, the author's father no less, brings the story into reality. Few books have been written about the real people who lived and worked, and survived, this era of American history. By writing it down, and backing it up with pictures, Lee has preserved this slice of a time past. Helen Ginger

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Summary: Nine Years In The Saddle
Review: Mr. Lee,

Your book, which I purchased last Friday from Hastings in Bryan, is as we speak, history...you were right, it was as great a read as you warned, I wasn't able to put it down for long...

I feel sad that I will never have the oppurtunity to meet such a rounder as your father...

I visualize many of the scenes described in our book and I personally think that a good screen play is waiting to be discovered in your writtings!

I have the "signed" copy of your book in my library in it's place right in there with my printings of "Lonesome Dove" and "Texas"...

I look forward to reading your next book when it "arrives".

See ya in the movies............:)

Respectfully,

Ken "earl" Havel

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Summary: A truly enjoyable read ...
Review: NINE YEARS IN THE SADDLE is a story about the life and times of Dud Lee, how he survived during the depression, bootlegging and hunting mountain lions in Chiricahua Mountains in Southeast New Mexico, and his time punching cows. It's the authors way of telling a story of a man he'd longed to know, and did so after their airport meeting when his father was eighty-one years old. A truly enjoyable read -- a story that will make you laugh and at the same time tug at your heart strings.