Ride The Moon Down : The Plainsmen

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Summary: True Johnston - Absoutely Fantastic
Review: As rendevous re-enactors, we have found Johnston's works to be just truly amazing in their accuracy. We have purchased every book he has put out and we still keep looking for the next one! Had to have them shipped special while living overseas. A true master of the word and history of the West. Good on ya Terry - keep on writing! The Armstrong Clan

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Summary: Well written, but overly lengthy and missleading story.
Review: I found this story very well written and very interesting as an historical novel. I do feel however, that the author made it much longer than need be. The main and most maddening flaw I found in the book was probably not the authors fault, but was the fault of the publisher. The senopsis of the story on the back cover clearly lead one to believe that it was a story about a trapper (Titus Bass) searching for his family after they were kidnapped by Blackfoot Indians. It turns out however that out of 558 pages and 34 chapters, only one chapter (chapter 25) is devoted to the kidnapping and search of Titus's family. I feel that was very missleading and I now wonder what to expect from his other books. Chris Stone

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Summary: Doesn't get much better
Review: I won't take up a whole lot of space except to say that Terry Johnston is just a treasure. He is always historically authentic, as good as the best of Elmer Kelton or Kirby Jonas, and in my opinion better than Louis L'Amour, with his bullet proof characters. You can believe the things Titus Bass did. There were, after all, some very tough people alive back then. But he wasn't superman, and he wasn't perfect. Anything by Johnston is a good bet! This is no exception.