The T. R. Connection - Rilegato

Olafson, Robert B.

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ISBN 10: 1420854623 ISBN 13: 9781420854626

Casa editrice: Authorhouse, 2005

Riassunto

The setting of the novel is the 1880s in the Badlands of Dakota Territory along the Little Missouri River. There is great excitement in the town of Medora (North Dakota) as young Theodore Roosevelt from New York plunges into the ranching business at the same time that a wealthy Frenchman, the Marquis de Mores, is investing three million dollars into building a slaughterhouse and the new town of Medora (named after his red haired wife). Three young wranglers, Val Steffanson, a Canadian, Lincoln Long, a Scotsman, and Fred, from Wyoming get jobs as riders for the Maltese Cross Outfit, Roosevelt's ranch. Val, under the name of Will Stevens, is hiding out in the Badlands from three revenge seeking brothers of Blacky Jean La Pierre. Val killed Jean in self defense in a gunfight in Calgary when he confronted Jean about stealing Indian children and selling them into sexual slavery in the wild and lawless far North. The La Pierres are an outlaw Métis clan and want blood for blood. Val's hideout is eventually discovered and he must fight to the death each one of the three brothers. Val does not share this part of his arduous life with young Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln Long, as he fights the battles alone. Two beautiful sisters of Icelandic heritage come into the men's lives when Val marries Sonja and brings his bride and Tanya, her sister, to the Badlands. These wonderful women bring zest and also complications to the Maltese Cross Outfit. Outlaws, killers, and horrific Dakota winters also bring adventures and complications to Mr. Roosevelt and his men. Finally, the great blizzard of 1886-7, causing huge losses of cattle, ends Roosevelt's ranching days, but not before he finds health, vigor, confidence, and love of the "strenuous life." Sixteen years later, Theodore Roosevelt became the President of the United States. Note:(The T. R. Connection is also an audiobook with BooksinMotion.com, and the novel, The Big Island Posse, published by Authorhouse 2004, is a sequel

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L'autore

Robert B. Olafson, Professor of English at Eastern Washington University, has written on Theodore Roosevelt, Walt Whitman, Frank Norris, Owen Wister, and B. Traven. His historical novel, The T. R. Connection: Riders for The Maltese Cross Outfit, set in the 1880s, depicts Theodore Roosevelt's ranching days in the Badlands of the Little Missouri River in North Dakota and the perilous acts of Teddy and his ranch hands who confront revenge driven outlaws. Born in the Badlands, Robert Olafson developed a keen interest in Western literature and has deftly interlaced a fictional line with the actual events in Roosevelt's life in the novel. Olafson has been a member of the Western Literature Association for over 25 years, He is also a member of the Western Writers Association. Other works are his play The Great Traven Hunt, based on mysterious B. Traven, author of The Treasure of The Sierra Madre, which is in the Traven Collection at the U Cal. Riverside, the play Walt, based on Whitman's life and winner of the Spokane Civic Theatre's Playwrights Forum Award, and The Big Island Posse: A Hawaiian Western, which is a sequel to The T. R. Connection and was published by Authorhouse. Robert Olafson earned a Ph. D at the U of Washington. He has taught and lectured in Mexico City, Montreal, Stockholm, Nishinomiya, Honolulu, San Bernardino, Tacoma, and Spokane.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Authorhouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1420854623
• ISBN 13: 9781420854626
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 148
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile