Summer reading means Westerns!
Lin McLean by Wister was a huge disappointment.
Hard to follow the screwed up language, dialog, story line and disjointed nature.
Killing off the 1st wife was nonsense as her corrector was far to self absorbed to have ever have done that on her own.The cynical insights in to the west of old seem real and insightful though.
The Virginian IS fantastic and is proof of his abilities.
I have soured on Wister as I have come to understand a little of the time and place he occupied.
He seems to have played a major role in the Elites of his day in trying to shape the American ideal.
America as an Eastern European derivative.
As an Italian by descent I am keenly aware of the biases placed on minorities (although I don't feel the effects of them) but he made it clear in this book what was thought of the Italian Immigrants among others.
Lin's brother who lived back East was most likely more like Owen than Lin.
So back to Zane!
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