Buffalo Girls : A Novel

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Summary: eh
Review: I'm honestly very surprised by how many people enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the beginning and even part of the middle but the book just kept going for too long. It was rambling, and not in a good way, and barely seemed to have a point. The ending was just weird, though I had an inkling as to what it would be. (But then I had never heard of the rumors that the ending is apparently based on so perhaps that's why I found it weird.) I think that you could find a far better book about the same people if you just want to read a story about Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, and others.

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Summary: For Women Interested in Historica Women of the West!
Review: Many historic characters are mentioned in the novel, however, the emphasis is on Calamity Jane and her letters to her daughter fathered by Wild Bill Hickok. We know the West is passing when the characters must join a Wild West show and tour Europe. There is poignancy and a feeling of loss. We care about these noble scalawags! A good read!
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl - Books One - Three

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Summary: Nice Tale
Review: Maybe if this book wasn't by McMurtry I would have enjoyed it more. However, I have come to expect such great things from him that I was disappointed. Just not the same high caliber characters I have come to expect.

Rating:
Summary: Nice Tale
Review: This book was abosrbing, once it got going. It seemed to take a LONG time before a "story" developed. However, McMurtry spends a lot of time setting and introducing the characters. Sad book, about the final gasps of the Old West. I noticed, however, that some of the characters seemed quite a bit like the ones from Lonesome Dove... Same mannerisms and habits, which was a bit bothersome. Otherwise worth reading!

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Summary: great summer read
Review: This was an enjoyable summer read, a strange short story of western misfits packed, packaged and baggaged to london. Annie oakley's duel with the duke makes the entire book worth reading, as does the reflections on whales, and the beaver. and...