Showing results for "The Western" in Biographical Fiction

Canot Western, un bar devenu mythique parce qu’au cœur de la culture western pendant plus de trente ans, en mettant en vedette des artistes comme Marcel Martel, la famille Daraîche, Roger Miron, Marie Lord, John Starr, Lévis Bouliane, Paul Brunelle, Renée Martel. Un bar mythique, aussi parce que la petite Céline Dion y fait ses débuts les dimanches après-midi après les concours d’amateurs. Et mythique enfin, peut-être, parce que le bar appartient au frère d’un ministre qui a marqué l’histoire du Québec: Camille Laurin.

From humble beginnings in rural Tennessee to his heroic death defending the Alamo, frontiersman, adventurer, and politician David Davy Crockett embodies the spirit and ideals of the national character. Even during his lifetime, tales of the sharpshooting, skilled woodsman were - to his delight - told, retold, and elaborated on. As a US congressman, the former Creek War militiaman steadfastly opposed President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.

Hunter, trapper, resourceful fighter, and scout, Hugh Glass was just a rugged man among other rugged American frontiersmen until he was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his best friends. Hugh's rage drove him to crawl 200 miles across dangerous territory to seek revenge until he was no longer Hugh Glass but had become Lord Grizzly.

Legendary author Loren D. Estleman has built a distinguished career in both the Western and mystery genres. His historical Westerns are instant classics, and The Branch and the Scaffold is another triumph. Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals. But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a toll on every aspect of his life.