Longarm in Leadville (Longarm, #14) by Tabor Evans

Longarm in Leadville (Longarm, #14) Reviews

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  Cole

  The Best of the West
  By Cole Hendrickson
  Lust. Liquor. Death. This is how I would describe Longarm in Leadville in three words. Longarm in Leadville was written by Tabor Evans. I would give this book a 3.5 stars, because it was a good book but it isn't my favorite genre.
  You could compare this book to a lot of western books, like True Grit. When I started to read this book, I thought it was going to be like every other western but this one stood out. It stood out because it felt like an absolute real-life story that my grandpa would tell me. This is probably why once I began reading I wanted to keep on going.
  The author wants us to learn that good will always prosper over evil. Also, a message could be to plan things out. "If I don’t move Jenks will, Longarm thought. And he knows he's down to six shells now,"(page 234).  This quote shows how Longarm plans out his next couple of moves before he does them.
  Normally when I think of the people who read westerns, I think of old people. However, I believe that this book has a little bit for everyone. I would recommend this book to anyone who appreciates a good fast read. Even a 12-year-old could get into this book. There are some explicit parts to this, but I think a 12-year-old could read this if they are mature.
  This book is about Longarm, a U.S. marshal, and how he protects Ulysses Grant from being assassinated. In the start of the book Longarm is on a train and the train gets held up by some bandits. After Longarm kills the bandits he meets a women, Vivian, on the train, and he figures out that she lives in Leadville. Once Longarm gets to Leadville he goes to the women's house, and they started to "interact with each other". The next day or two Longarm went to Denver to meet Grant and to escort him to Leadville. As soon as they returned to Leadville Grant got a tour of the town. Ulysses went to go play a game of poker, but in the middle of a hand Longarm spotted an assassin that was trying to kill Grant. You will need to read the book to know the rest.
  When I was reading this book, it was a little bit difficult to get into the book at first, but after the first 20 pages it was hard to stop reading it during reading block. In my mind I always pictured Longarm as John Wayne in one of his movies. I started this book around August 26th and finished it on October 1st , I know I could have finished this book faster if I had the time outside of school to read. This book wasn’t confusing to read at all. Mr. Evans might have wrote it so people sounded like they were from the 1880's but I could still understand every sentence they said.
  Overall, I would say this was a good book to read. It expanded the genres of book that I've read, and I was very entertained by the book. I believe that if you read this book you will find it worth your time as well.
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  Matt Kelland

  I've read quite a few of this series, mostly from around #200 onwards, because that's what they have in the local library. I picked up this early one from a used bookstore, and was curious how different it would be.
  
  Short answer, nope, it's exactly the same. They got the formula down way back in the early 80s, and they haven't changed it a bit since. They still churn 'em out, and people still read 'em. A review really isn't necessary. If you've read any of the Longarm books, you know exactly what you're in for.
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  Gary McCauley

  This series is quite interesting ,