Jesse James Books

Tthought he couldn't improve on the first edition, but he has. A great introduction not only to the basic themes in the world religions but a solid introduction to their relevance to contemporary thought, including the shape of the thinking and consciousness in the arts, psychology, and natural sciences. The approach is that there are common forms and languages to all of the above, and the author speaks in a language that is easy to understand. The basic assumption is that these ways of thinking overlap in ways that recall the origins of religious traditions and make them relevant to today.

The Fire Next Time is a wonderful collection of 2
spirited essays on Baldwin's evolution from a naive
church boy into a spirited man. His journey leads
him to question his relationship with Christ and
particularly Christianity. He truly believes that
one should not be drawn into a particular religion
out of fear but out of love for humanity.

His beliefs on the acceptance of others and racial
equality are provocative and yet sorely needed in
today's mixed-up world. However, I believe that
Baldwin is almost utopic to the point of being
naive in believing that racism will one day
completely evaporate, though I do believe that
things have gotten better. Still, it's truly sad
that this book and his work has been swept under
the rug but Baldwin always seems to amaze me with
his thought-provoking outlook on life. This book
is a gem of a novel, an easy read and his underlying
message of believing in humanity is sure to be praised
by open-minded readers for years to come.

I had to read this book, as many people told me if your a reader this is one you must not simply read but own. So I got it and started reading. It never really grabbed me, but I made it through. I plan to read it again within at a different time.

The man knew what he was talking about, when he said the U S would burn because of racial discord.

My sense is that Baldwin wrote The Fire Next Time for anyone who had ears to hear, regardless of color or faith or gender. The emotional intelligence with which he speaks is riveting.

Wonderful prose -- use of language.

This book is Great. A Must Read in my Oppion.

Two Thumbs WAY Up

Ron Hansen's book relies extensively on archival research of newspaper accounts, courtroom accounts, and memoirs, all of which contribute to this intelliegent, exceptionally well-written tale of the death of Jesse James. Focusing on the individuals involved, as opposed to the deeds of the James gang, although these are described as required by the narrative, this book develops an understanding of the personal dynamics at work in the undoing of the great Jesse James. A gripping and ultimately satisfying read, The Assassination of Jesse James is a must-read for anyone with interest in the old west.

....die by the sword. Or gun. Or treachery. That is an over simplistic way of looking at this book, but it gets the message across. There are several ways to determine if a man is a "legend"....one is that at least some people think of him as a fictional character...another is the sighting of him alive after he's dead. Jesse Woodson James was indeed real, and he did indeed die on April 3, 1882, shot from behind by a coward named Bob Ford. He was sighted "alive" as late as 1951, but that's either rubbish, or mistaking son for father. I certainly have an interest in the topic; my wife is a direct descendent of Captain George Todd, company commander of Jesse, and several of the gang, during the Civil War. Our son will be happy to tell you about it.

I suppose that this novel is more a character study than a straight history. Of course, it only claims to be a novel. Starting in 1865, we get a look at the last 17 years of Jesse, then we continue with the last 10 of Bob. We see the life of crime, the damage done, the women who stood by criminals. Jesse James certainly has brains, courage, strength of character, and even a certain nobility. Of course, he put his God-given talents to some very questionable uses. Bob Ford may have had brains, but the rest of Jesse's good points were WAY beyond him. Jesse, Bob, and all the others...Frank, Cole, both Zereldas, Dick...come to life. The author means for us to see them as real people, the mixture of good, bad, and indifferent, common to humanity; he succeeds. Still, he never attempts to fathom just why Jesse went the way he did...maybe, only God knows that.

On the whole, I can recommend this book...the writing is a bit stilted, the detail a bit too verbose...still, it's worth your time. If you REALLY want to know about Jesse, try "Jesse James Last Rebel of the Civil War" by T.J. Stiles. That book IS history, it covers cradle [and before] to grave, and is a lot better written...it even goes into motivation. Of course, there is a whole further area of speculation about Jesse's career...gold, Indians, the Masons, Albert Pike, the next Civil War...that is beyond the scope here. Overall, four stars is about right...

A tapestry of fact and fiction, recounting the last years of James' life and the entirety of Ford's. The prose in this is amazing, dense-packed and grimly poetic, an unsentimental depiction of hard lives and moments of lyrical beauty. The experience of reading the text was so thoroughly absorbing, impossible to skim through, that it almost made me overlook the feeling I had afterwards of not really having much more insight into James and Ford as characters by book's end than I did at the start.

Hansen's James is a force of nature, beyond good or evil or human judgement, a tyrant and a child, cruel and kind. "Rooms seemed hotter when he was in them, rains fell straighter, clocks slowed, sounds were amplified: his enemies would not have been much surprised if he produced horned owls from beer bottles or made candles out of his fingers." A great character, yes, but it's hard to get at the heart of such a cipher. Hansen's Ford is even more obscure - although Ford is the other half to this story and a poignant lost-boy figure, the way he's presented here is almost a cliche, an overlooked child crying for attention in a society which seems to reward infamy. All of this, by the way, is clear from the first few chapters - Hansen doesn't seem to really move beyond these ideas, never reveals more about who *he* thinks these men were.

But, you know, I can forgive a lot when the man writes like this. "No one talked as Jesse moved - it was as if his acts were miracles of invention wondrous to behold. Martha stared at Jesse as she cooked, Ida was moonstruck as she set down another dish, Charley and Wilbur grinned gregariously whenever his eyes floated near." Beautiful.

I saw the movie first and while I applauded the lush cinematography and attention to detail. The performances were great but unfortunately the overall effect was mired down in often excrutiatingly slow storytelling.

It's faithful to the book in that manner. Beautifully written with immense detail, the character study and history is frequently lost in the dense prose. It is a novel worth sinking your teeth into, but it IS a commitment of your time and attention.

While there are some interesting elements in the book and it is a unique lookat the supposed childhood of Jesse James, I do not recommend it for children. There is a lot of swearing in it. I know most folks are exposed to swearing all the time, but I do not want that for my children. It is possible to write wonderful fiction and get the point across without having to resort to using swearing. As I read old time fiction I notice this!

Secondly I do not like Matt's attitude toward his mother. He is not respectful, he hides things from her. I do not like my chidren being exposed to things like that.

In Guerilla Season, written by Pat Hughes, I saw that family was an important part of the novel. He chose to stay with his family instead of in Missouri, the place his father died and where he felt he belonged. He had to choose between his friend and his family, and through his decisions he managed to sustain good relationships with both despite his encounters and decisions. He tried to remain neutral, but the more they pressured him, the more he became a staunch secessionist. He didn't quite realize how much he depended on his family until he was sent off to the federal work camp. He soon became aggravated and heartbroken over not seeing his family for a whole week. It was then that he decided to stay intact with the family instead of staying in Missouri to see his crop grow into a harvest. It is in this decision that Hughes us that our personal goals are not more important than family. He is conveying to us that when we look back upon our lives, family is the closest form of friendship we have. They will be the ones that listen to us, that understand us for who we are, not who we should be. Jesse tried to make Matt into a guerrilla, but Ma was persistent on Matt choosing to be neutral, which basically meant to stay alive. Matt also thought that leaving his homeland meant he would leave it forever and betray his father, who spent his whole life tilling the land. Towards the end of the book he realized that he would be betraying his father more if he stayed behind without his family. His family needs him to continue the family tradition. Family is the last institution and the only institution that has held up since the creation of man, and Hughes proves why.

Guerilla Warfare, by Pat Hughes, is about the choices an adolescent, Matt, has to make during the Civil War. After his father died he became the man of the house and feels responsibility for his father's possession such as farming the land. Matt lives in Missouri with his 'Ma' and five other brothers and sisters. Throughout the novel he struggles in deciding whether he should engage in Guerilla Warfare with his best friend Jesse or if he should try to remain neutral for the safety of his family. Another decision he struggles to make is whether he should move north with his family or he should stay with the land that has belonged to his father. Nearing the end of the novel Matt moves up north with his family deserting pretty much everything he knew.
Historically, this novel seems pretty accurate. This story really could have happened given the time and the setting. It showed me a part of Kansas/Missouri History that I never knew. Living in Kansas, I have learned the history of 'Bleeding Kansas' and the fighting that went on in the area. However, I never knew that Jayhawkers terrorized Missouri in order to try to scare people into making it a free state. This book is fictional, so that part might not be true, but the way Hughes writes the novel makes it seem completely logical and accurate. This is a great book I encourage you to read, especially if you enjoy action-packed novels.

If your son or daughter ever asks, how can neighbors and friends start fearing, hating and even killing each other over politics, hand them a copy of Guerrilla Season. Not only will they find themselves totally immersed in the story of 15-year-old Matt and his friend Jesse, who are struggling in their own ways to cope with the war that is infiltrating and ripping apart their patch of "neutral" Missouri in 1863, but they will find themselves understanding just what guerrilla warfare does to a community. It *can* happen here, and already has. For a teenage boy, the idea of staying neutral in the midst of civil war is an illusion. Hughes does an amazing job of bringing her characters (and their families) to life, as well as the forces and events that compel them to take sides. This middle-aged man found Guerrilla Season thoroughly compelling, and appreciated the rich attention to detail, the careful interweaving of character and historical plot, and the absence of 21st-century value judgments.

I have to wonder what sort of books "Book Worm Mama" (below) reads beyond the Bible and fairy tales. Where is the swearing she refers to? I noticed about three very tame cuss words, hardly out of line for a book set in the middle of a war. And I had to laugh at her description of Matt as "disrespectful." She clearly just doesn't get it. This is a book about real, flesh-and-blood people in a terribly difficult situation, and the choices they have to make. The triumph of Guerrilla Season is that perceptive readers still care about them.

My 14 year-old son came home from school with this book, because of our family interest in the WBTS when our ancestors fought for the South. The book is nominated for the Children's Book Award in Georgia. When I saw on the back that it was written by a northerner I got suspicious. But I assure you the book is not just one more Yankeefied version of the war. If you have kids in school you know that most books about the war put Southerners in a bad light but this one is different. For one thing it shows Southerners who didn't own slaves. (Like my ancestors didn't.) Also the people in the book who do have slaves, don't beat or mistreat them.

Guerrilla Season is about a boy named Matt who lives in Missouri, where they had heavy guerrilla activity through out the war. Matt is 15 and he to decide, will he go to fight for the South with Quantrill, or will he leave his home and stay safe with his family? (Fighting for the Union, NOT an option for this proud Southron boy!) The story is about everything that happens to Matt and his family, his neighbors and his friend Jesse through that summer, 1863. North and south, both do terrible things and the author is very fair in showing it. I won't say how it ends because until the last minute you can't be sure if Matt will change his mind.

I can't say enough good things about this book. All the characters are so real, and for boys, there is alot of action. This is a great story for parents to read, along with their kids.

I was a "slow starter" in reading. My 6th grade teacher almost held me back a year because of it. In 1957, when I was 12, my father bought me this book during the summer, knowing I loved horses, hoping it would kindle my interest in reading. Much to his surprise, I read it in one sitting. Once started, I couldn't put it down. Without this book, it's doubtful I would have developed reading skills to catch up with my age group. Although it takes a few "liberties" with the truth and doesn't mention his being gelded (as you might expect in a childrens' book), I found it interesting and well written.

I devoured every book relating to horses when I was young (Walter Farley? Check. Misty of Chincoteague Island? Absolutely. Black Beauty? Only about a dozen times).

This is right up there with my favorites. Its not a challenging read, but absolutely heartwarming and charming. A great book for all kids, whether they love horses or not; there's enough action and drama to keep it interesting. I only wish they hadn't changed the title!

Almost 40 years after the fact, this book still holds my fascination. That's because it was the first "real" book I ever read as a child and it fired my imagination to build a lasting love of reading. I give this book my highest recommendation.
I've never owned a horse nor am I a "horse person," but this book tells an enchanting story that cuts across all lines. It's about a wonderful (horse) soul that touches lives and inspires the human spirit. You can't get much better than that. Buy it today for yourself or a child you love.

Mildred Mastin Pace, Old Bones, The Wonder Horse (Scholastic, 1955)

It's hard for me to not like a kids' book about race horses. Well, okay, except Spirit Horse of the Rockies.

Old Bones is the story of 1918 Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator. Profusely illustrated by Thoroughbred specialist Wesley Dennis, Old Bones is told in what I can only describe as Mike-Mulligan-and-His-Steam-Shovel diction; it reads more like an easy-reader than a ninety-two page book for school-agers (what the kids these days call "chapterbooks"). Still, Pace resurrected Exterminator, long out of the limelight and dead for ten years by the time this book was published, and while the book does have a tendency to gloss over a good deal of Exterminator's career (he ran one hundred races, so just going over the career alone would have taken three books of this size), Pace does hit both the highest highlights and the lowest lowlights (the fracture that ended his career being the lowest of them).

It's possible that some of the glossing comes from no one knowing about certain things. Looking up Exterminator on the Internet brings loads of conflicting information (for example, many sites say stablemate Sun Briar, the 1918 Derby favorite, was simply off his feed, as Pace contends here, while others say he was injured in a workout days before the race). And while it's certainly impossible to draw a cause-effect line, Pace's book came out in 1955, Exterminator was elected to the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957; coincidence?

An easy read, and perhaps a good way to get your toddlers interested in the ponies before they're ready for Walter Farley's books. ***

I first read the book, "Old Bones the Wonder Horse", in 1955 when I was 9 years old. I still have that book, and while the dust jacket is falling apart, and the pages are yellowed and dog earred, I consider it one of my most treasured possessions. If I hadn't been introduced to this book, I probably would not of developed a life long love of reading. With all the craziness in the world today, I often find myself taking a "30 minute retreat" to reread this story ... no electronic enhancements or hi-tech wizardry or special effects overload ... just a simple story, with simple illustrations, that is both inspiring and true. I strongly recommend this book as one of the best tools available to introduce children to the joy of reading.

This is a fine book and I am sure I will refer to it often but here are a few items I would like to see fixed in the 2nd edition:
* I had to flip to the next page too many times to see the figure of a diagram as I was reading the text that introduced it. Please put the figure before the text or make sure it is on the facing page.
* This book is mainly about diagrams but the figure-to-text ratio was too low.
* I thought some of the UML examples were a bit off.

This book is pretty good it really help to understand uml. Im new in UML but this bood help to understand the diferent diagram and when is correct to use it.

I took a UML class at university and was having difficulty understanding the textbooks. I bought this book to help me understand the concepts, which this book did admirably. When I showed up in class with this book, the instructor told everyone how great the book is, and he used the examples in class. Excellent book!

If you don't know a thing abut UML2 and would like to jump start the learning process this book is for you. Quick to access, easy to comprehend even when the material becomes rather complicated. I would recommend this book to anyone who would seriously like to learn more about UML2

This book has an apprehensible way of introducing the main principles of UML and provides a step-by-step flow delivery. It helps the novice to gather a complete view of the areas involved while supplying a sufficient level of detail without overloading at the same time. Equally practioners will find it a handy guide for quick reference and tool application verification.

This book, as the whole series, is not targeted at the expert user, who demands in-depth analysis of all levels of UML. Thus, a degree of conceptual granularity a novice would feel overwhelmed with, which is successfully avoided by book. Thereby it is perfect in meeting its target of introductionary yet coherent provision of UML concepts.

Experts, however, will feel more at home with the UML-Bible.

Very well written historical fiction. A clever plot, lots of action, and writing that brings the period alive. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This is really two books, both compelling. The story of Joshua Beynon a 15 year-old with a fascination for Jesse James, who falls in with James' assassin Bob Ford, bookends Ford's account of James. In the large middle portion of the novel readers follow Jesse James from his bushwacking adventures in the Civil War, through his days as one of America's most notorious criminals, up to the moment Ford kills him.

The middle of the book introduces us to the little-told story of Missouri during and after the war, where sectional feelings were so strong they led to rampant bloodshed in a "give no quarter, take no quarter" spirit. These feelings were hardly related to the preservation of the Union or the establishment of a slaveholding Confederacy. Barry does a remarkable job of giving readers a sense of why this hatred existed. The novel is a history lesson weaved into a thoroughly entertaining tale.

James is exposed as a ruthless, often sadistic killer, who lived with constant paranoia and false hope. Meanwhile he was a hero to many who saw him and his gang as avengers of "the lost cause." Barry excels at vivid characterizations. Readers become well acquainted with all participants, like them or not.

"Chivalry of Crime" begins and ends with the adventures of Welsh immigrant, Benyon who runs into serious problems with the law, only to find his new friend Bob Ford as his savior. But how good a friend is Ford, himself a "crooked" man? Young Benyon has occasion to speculate on Ford's "friendship."

To an even greater degree it is in these sections, with the advantage of one setting in a short period of time (set in Weaver, Colorado in 1892) that Barry draws a vivid picture of a place and it's people -- vigilantes, prostitutes, corrupt, lawmen and crooked gamblers.

Once again the action is palpable and there are moral questions to ponder.

"Chivalry" is rivaled only by "Cold Mountain" among historical novels set in 19th century America.

It is amazing that a writer from Wales has written such a wonderful novel of Jesse James and the west that existed in his time. Great dialogue- excellent description of the culture and landscape of the times. he weaves in the reasons for the violence that made up the personna of Jesse James. He describes what happened after the civil war that caused the Younger brothers, Bill Anderson. and Quantrell to wreak such havoc in the border states.

The author - Desmond Barry- has written another book soon to be published. I will waste no time in ordering it.

Desmond Barry's gritty story of Jesse James, his life, companions, and motivations for crime is a haunting, often violent, narrative counterpoised against the quieter tragedy of Joshua Beynon, a young boy living a hard-scrabble existence and in search of a hero. And whereas James comes to thrill at the killing that becomes an easy part of his life, Joshua regrets every day the accident in which he claims a life.

As the book unfolds, we learn of the anarchy which characterized much of the post-Civil War frontier, and we meet those who take advantage of it and contribute to it--Quantrill's Raiders, Wild Bill Anderson, Cole Younger, the James brothers, the Pinkertons, and a host of other legends of the West. We learn what, if anything, motivates each of them and cringe at the unimaginable--and casual--bloodshed which is such a part of their lives. And despite the horrors these outlaws commit, we come to understand that underlying all this crime there is a kind of "chivalry," an unvoiced code of expected behavior even among the most vicious of killers. It is this code which Robert Ford, Jesse James's assassin, has broken, and we are not surprised at how he meets his own end.

Unlike the previous reviewer, I found it easy to become swept up by the story. I was continually impressed by the author's thoughtful selection of details to illustrate his themes, by the bleak precariousness of the lives lived by ordinary people, and by every man's ability to blur the lines between good and evil to justify his own actions when necessary. Anyone who has ever thought of the Wild West as romantic would do well to study this well-researched and vividly written novel.

This is a novel, and I wonder how much of it is historically correct. Be it as it may, it is a most interesting novel about the West of the US in the late 19th century. It reminds us that things were still wild and woolly while in Europe they had more elegant killings. All the gang is here, so often heard of from old gazettes. It also amazes how young they all were. They were riding off robbing and killing at an age where nowadays the parents would still call up the baby-sitter.

The only quarrel I have with the book is, that it has long stretches of tediousness. All the descriptions of far horizons and beige horse manure stretch too far. Also, the author must have used every adjective known to Funk and Wagnalls at least twice. That gets irritating.

a little wordy in the second chapter, but it is finally understand able why jesse and frank james reacted to their family and defending what they believed in. loving their family and what is good. hating what was not right in their eyes.

This is an extraordinary book!
As a Civil War buff in years past, I was particularly drawn to historical biographies. In recent years, I have developed a keen interest in the Post Civil War and Outlaw periods. I've visited many historical sites, museums and the like. I've heard lectures and had conversations with on-site historians, academic pros and other enthusiasts. When the subject was JESSE JAMES, virtually all of them spoke highly of this book and considered it a "must read." That's what led me to buy the book. I am amazed at the depth of the research, much of it painstakingly conducted first hand. It is unusual to see such a strong mix of documentation -- archived legal papers, state records, historical first hand accounts, family accounts and so on -- gathered in such a logical, readable format. Events are well chronicled and presented in an engaging manner. Conclusions are both logical and thought provoking. To use a cliché (as I am definitely not a writer/biographer!) I found myself reluctant to put it down. Rarely have I experienced such pleasure in getting to know an important historical figure, their times and the forces that would drive their destiny. I can personally recommend "Jesse James" to anyone seeking scholarly knowledge of the man and his times. Jesse's remarkable personal story truly comes alive in this engaging, artfully presented and very well written book. I now look forward to reading more of Ms. Brant's books -- for knowledge AND pleasure!

Apparently, Hollywood paid Brant to do research for a movie on the Younger Brothers. Without a doubt, the research overlapped to the James brothers. For the first ¾ of the book, she does a fare job of exposing the myths & must have tired because she took the last quarter to reiterate the dime store versions of history.

I question not so much of what was written, conversely what was left out of the book that would eliminate the absolutes is disturbing.

I did not check up on the source of references for this book, but I really enjoyed the reading! It was the most interesting factual book I have read in a long time. I thought the Author was very clear on the instances that were tall tales and what not. So over all, if your interested in a spicey history such as Jesse James, I highly recommend this book.

Marley Brant is perhaps better known for her book on the Younger brother, partners in crime with Jesse James and his brother Frank. There have been literally dozens of books on the story, and one might legitimately ask, why another one? I opened the book to pages 58-59 and immediately found the apocryphal story of the alleged attack on the farm outside Kearney, Mo. where Jesse was born, which supposedly occurred in February 1867, presented as fact. I checked the source, note #4, Chapt. 6, on page 274, and found it to be I, JESSE JAMES, a work of historical fiction by Jesses great-grandson. In his book, JESSE JAMES WAS HIS NAME, by William Settle, one of the few reliable accounts, this yarn is debunked, in note 34, page 210 by Robert James, Frank James' son. It appeared in the mythmaking writings of John Newman Edwards, the father of the James myth, in the 1870's. I would have given this book a four star rating, but for things like this. The book in in fact rather dated, in light of more recent scholarship. The fact that it came out somewhat after
the 1996 DNA testing on the remains of Jesse James and spate of cable documentaries about same, and was only published in paperback, indicates that it was probably intended to cash in on the backwash of interest generated by the media. Brant went on to write a book about Southern rock music.

I have a subscription to Dungeon and had all of the issues that comprised the SCAP so you would think that I wouldn't want to spend the money to upgrade to the HC. Well for a long time that's what I thought too. Then I got a good look at the HC. It's worth every penny, from the convienence of having the entire AP at your finger tips to the added details about Cauldron itself and the smoother transitions between adventures, Plus it includes an entirely new adventure.

I was pretty wary at fost when I saw this product, so I actually waited a quite a few months before I got it. Now that I've read through it and am ready to use it for play, I can see where they've tweaked it to flow better than it did during the original monthly release.

I do like the maps made, and the plot option paths are better, more cohesive without being railroading.

I do plan on getting the Age of Worms when it is available

The price tag may look large for a "book", but only to those who haven't been following Dungeon. This single book (and it's a HUGE book) contains the adventures that were published one-to-an-issue in an 11-issue run of Dungeon magazine. To get those individual issues now would cost quite a bit more, and you would still need to go download plenty of suplemental material from Paizo's site.

The Age of Worms is the current onging path, and now there's talk about the possibility of these mega-adventures being turned into video games. This is probably more exitement than I've seen over "modules" for D&D since the 1980s. For new or returning DMs who are looking to set up a brand new game, this is a great way to go and will take months to complete, even if you game every week. If you're the type of DM who likes to hand-craft your adventures, consider picking this up and using sections or even just ideas. It's great material from some of the best in the business.

The Shackled City Adventure Path provides a complete campaign for the Dungeons and Dragons game taking player characters from 1st level through 20th level. This beautiful hard cover book contains 12 adventures that make it possible.

The adventures themselves are fairly strong, though some of the connections are a bit tenuous. Most DMs will want to modify the adventures in some ways, though the product is flexible enough to do that.

It includes some nice features, including a multi-page map book the DM can pull out and refer to conveniently. It also includes a poster map of the city of Cauldron (where most of the adventures occur) suitable for hanging. It has a pre-apocalyptic eruption on one side, and a post-eruption on the other.

The hardcover differs from the adventures published in Dungeon in that James Jacobs (An editor of Dungeon) has tried to rework some of the adventures so that they flow well together.

The only real failing is that the "bad guys" in the adventure are too successful at keeping a low profile. The final arc of the adventure is fighting a number of bad guys individually that the PCs have never even met.

This minor problem can be overcome simply by introducing some of the villians (if not their overall objective) earlier with some foreshadowing.

This seems like a good campaign overall if you are really looking for something to occupy a full level spread from start to end, but I found the presentation to be very linear and somewhat disconnected. It definitely showed its nature of being a rebinding of serialized adventures previously published in a magazine. On the plus side the artwork was generally good, though some of the artists shift throughout. The adventure itself is also a bit odd, involving a somewhat obscure brand of evil outsiders and a strained "big evil-doer conspiracy" somewhat in the vein of the classic Slavelords property, but with an even less plausible mix of conspirators who basically amount to little more than "level bosses".

I was hoping to see more tie ins with the setting of Greyhawk, the rumor of which is why I bought it, and while its kind of cool to have something to represent the little fringe of land south of the Sea Princes and north of the southern jungles, it's such an esoteric place to set an adventure on Oerth -- no one has a really good reason to go there, and there's pretty much nothing of note (from a cannon perspective) nearby. This may have been the point for the developers from the perspective of keeping it generic enough to be printed in Dungeon as a generally useful supplement, but it makes it of limited usefulness to most Greyhawk campaigns.

Finally my major complaint about the product is that the page background is a very drab tannish color that gets very tiresome and murky to look at for long.

I liked this book of Cindy Gerard's Outlaw series a lot more than the other two. I thought Jesse and Sloan were well-matched and Jesse especially had that extra little something that made him a memorable hero. Two things bothered me -- some of the details weren't right, which doesn't make any difference if you don't know rodeo -- but if you do, it jars; and I thought the whole "mystery" thing was really superfluous and actually weakened this book because it seemed tacked on. Otherwise it was a good read.

I really enjoyed this book, and would have to say that it was one of the best Silhouette Desires that I have read. The characters are very real and the story is very heart warming. This was the first Cindy Gerard book I've read -- but I will now order the others.

This was a great book. It kept the reader interested so you couldn't put it down. I loved one of the bedroom scenes - very funny and sensual.

I loved this book! After reading it, I had to find the other two books of this series (The Outlaw's Wife and Marriage Outlaw Style). Took me a while to find them, but they're worth it, as the stories connect the mystery of the James Boys' treasure.

I enjoy books with good scenery, and ones where I can make an emotional connection with the characters. I'm finding more and more that I can do that with Cindy Gerard's books, and don't hesitate to read anything I find by her!

I loved this short story. It was may favorite of the series. Jesse was 100% true rodeo cowboy and Sloan was one heck of a woman. My favorite part was when Jesse went out for pizza and came back to find Sloan in nothing but His hat and chaps!! I definately recommend this to all hopeless romantics along with the first two books of the series -- The Outlaw's Wife & Marriage, Outlaw Style.