Posts Categorized: Western

David Wagoner's West: Four Western Classics By

David Wagoner’s West: Four Western Classics All four of the beloved and acclaimed westerns by David Wagoner, unforgettable novels that the Philadelphia Inquirer says prove that he is the "closest nowadays approximation of Mark Twain himself." 

THE ROAD TO MANY A WONDER
WHERE IS MY WANDERING BOY TONIGHT?
TRACKER
WHOLE HOG

Flame of the Osage By

Flame of the Osage A bold, brawling story of three strong women and the men who tried to tame them, and their oil-rich land, during the desperate rush for black gold in roaring 1920s Oklahoma...and the shocking violence wrought by raw lust and naked greed.

Originally published in 1958, Flame of the Osage is inspired by the same bloody, historical events that would be depicted, over sixty years later, to great acclaim in the book and movie Killers of the Flower Moon.

"Authentic color. Grove knows Indians, their problems and feelings, as do few other writers." Oakland Tribune

Whole Hog By

Whole Hog The return of the western classic that the Philadelphia Inquirer says proves that David Wagoner is the "closest nowadays approximation of Mark Twain himself."

It's 1852, and it's twenty-two-year-old Zeke Hunt's job is to herd his family's 28, insatiable, scissorbill hogs from Missouri to California, where the Hunts hope to start a new life. But after his family is massacred, he's forced to continue the perilous, wild, unpredictable journey across the Great Plains with what's left of his scalp, his three remaining hogs, and Casper, an old whiskey salesman that he befriends along the way.