The Winter Wolf: Wyatt Earp in Alaska

By Richard Parry

Book Overview

All the danger and excitement of Alaska's Klondike Gold Rush bursts from the page in this action-packed western. With his masterful storytelling, Richard Parry transports you to frozen boomtowns and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812549465
• ISBN13: 9780812549461
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

Magnetic

Parry makes this an interesting read. It's easy to move through the book quickly. There may be one point where you feel that the read slows but it's difficult to put down the book. Be sure you have an image of the geographic layout of the west coast.

PARRY DID GOOD!!!

This is the story of Wyatt Earp and his son, maybe, that he knows nothing about. Nathan Blaylock is the supposed son who is looking for Wyatt to kill him. Blaylock has been left a letter by his mother, before she died, stating that $20,000.00 dollars is his if he provides proof he killed Wyatt Earp. This book is how Nathan, Jim Riley and friends try to find Wyatt. The chase leads them through San Francisco, up to Alaska. There are many adventures and gun fights along the way. Do they find Wyatt in the end, do they kill him???? Have to read to find out. A well written book that gets you involved with the characters. You are sad when something happens to some of them. Keeps you attention. Think you will like this book. Really just fiction but after all most are just fiction.

A great read!

I typically read at least one book per week. This book is the best I've read in over two years. I normally don't pick up western themed novels, but after watching several Earp movies recently I gave it a shot. I was not disappointed. I have recommended it to all my reading partners - and all have come back with similar experiences.

The Serial Novel lives - and opens a great vista on Alaska.

As an author myself, I am distressingly short on time for pleasure reading. This book was worth the time! Having discovered it while teaching at University of Alaska, Fairbanks last summer, it gave me all kinds of insight and background into the terrain, the spirit, and the history of Alaska, an almost indescribably fascinating place. Louis L'Amour was my mentor, and I think he'd have been impressed both with Richard Parry's detailed historical research, and his capacity for keeping a story moving. Parry also proves my point that the SERIAL novel is a GREAT form of literature and entertainment. This book whetted the appetite for Book II!!!

The best book I've read all year!

I read over 100 books a year, and I rank them from 1 to 10. If I get one "10" a year, I'm happy. This is a Definite 10. This book has it all, action, adventure, and a great coming of age story set in Alaska. I don't normally read westerns, but I think anybody will enjoy this one.