David's Reviews > Buchanan's Black Sheep

I read this one many years ago. I always enjoyed the Buchannan series, with the exception of "Buchannan on the Prod" which was completed by Science Fiction Author Robert Silverberg after the death of the original author. William R. Cox wrote a great deal of these novels, and his writing is fairly competent, but fails to catch the style and and nuance of the original novels. (The first, was the best in my opinion and was the basis of the Randolph Scott movie- Buchannan Rides Alone)

This one is a decent enough horse opera, but the author makes too much of Buchannan's reputation, as if he is a famous gunfighter, which to some extent he is. The author never researches period weapons and such, so like 60's western T.V. shows all the guns are pretty much the same.

The story is about a feud brewing between sheepherders and cowmen. The characters are all pretty much two-dimensional-- all the girl's are pretty and all the cowboys roughnecks.

Still, I enjoyed this one for the nostalgic return to the days when I read these as they came out.