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Jun 13, 2014Sanrin rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Presented as a "ballad," the novel is spare -- in dialogue, in descriptions -- and broken into a number of brief chapters that follow historic characters such as the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday, and Buffalo Bill as the WIld West draws to a close. Unfortunately, the characters are drawn so tersely that it's hard to care about them. The female characters seem to have more variety, and they convey the hardships of living out on the plains.