When the Steinbeck collection arrived, I first read Of Mice & Men, which was a bite-sized (albeit tasty) morsel of a book. Poor, sweet, doughy-headed Lenny! I was only delaying the inevitable, however, as I knew that I'd have to make penance for my youthful transgression and read the much more substantial, Grapes, from cover to cover. So it began.

Aaron KillianOctober 15, 2015John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great American Novel, The Library of America, Novel, Literature, Books, Book Review, Henry Fonda, MovieComment

Book Review: The Virginian

Inside Owen Wister's, The Virginian, there lurks a great western romance novel. Unfortunately the reader doesn't encounter this story until the book's third act. Prior to this, it's all tedium and tumble weeds.

Aaron KillianJanuary 9, 2015Owen Wister, The Virginian, Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Western Genre, Book, Novel, FictionComment