The Legend Of Caleb York (Thorndike Large Print Western Series), by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins
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A New York Times Bestselling Author A novel by Max Allan Collins based on a Mickey Spillane screenplay written for John Wayne. Crooked Sheriff Harry Gauge rules Trinidad, New Mexico, with an iron fist. His latest scheme is to force George Cullen to sell his ranch and take Cullen's beautiful daughter for his bride ― willing or not. So the old man sends a telegram to the West's toughest hired gun. And when a stranger rides into town, no one knows who he is, where he came from, or where he's going. But it's deadly clear that he's a man who won't be pushed.
The Legend Of Caleb York (Thorndike Large Print Western Series), by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins- Amazon Sales Rank: #6618068 in Books
- Brand: Spillane, Mickey/ Collins, Max Allan
- Published on: 2015-06-17
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x 5.60" w x 8.60" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 313 pages
About the Author Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II through the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels. Spillane’s novels sold tens of millions of copies. I, The Jury went through more than 60 paperback printings in 1947 alone. In 1995, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time friend Max Allan Collins to complete his unfinished works and act as his literary executor.Max Allan Collins is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Road to Perdition, the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks, and of the Shamus-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. With his wife Barbara, he writes the acclaimed Trash ‘n’ Treasures mysteries under the byline Barbara Allan. Also a filmmaker, Collins created the documentary Mike Hammer’s Mickey Spillane. He lives in Iowa. Visit him at www.maxallancollins.com.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. It's always the stranger in town who makes things interesting By Joseph P. Menta, Jr. The literary gods bestowed a gift upon me some weeks back when an advance copy of a new novel by an author I regularly enjoy found its way onto my doorstep. Well, it’s actually a book by two authors I enjoy, Max Allan Collins and the late Mickey Spillane, so it was kind of a double treat. But, hmmm, the book was a western- cowboys and gun fightin' and cattle and all that, so would I like it as much as the several Mike Hammer novels these guys have shared a credit on in recent years?The short answer is, sure, "The Legend of Caleb York", Collins’ novelized adaptation of an unproduced screenplay that Spillane wrote for his buddy John Wayne back in the 50’s, is good fun. A stranger wanders into town just as a turf war is heating up between gentle, blind ranch owner George Cullen and corrupt sheriff Harry Gauge, whose goal it is to swallow up every ranch in the region. Ranch owner Cullen has a pretty and feisty daughter named Willa, who is fiercely protective of her father, and of course the sheriff and his equally shady deputy have a bit of a thing for the girl, too, even though they don’t in any way take her seriously as a threat. Oh, the stranger who meanders into town takes a shine to Willa, too, but that takes a back seat to his making a general nuisance of himself with the sheriff, who has faced no real threat to his plans before the stranger’s arrival.The main plot centers on Sheriff Gauge’s many indirect and direct attempts (they become more direct and deadly and the book progresses) to take over the Cullen ranch, and the quick responses of the visiting stranger to thwart those efforts and help the Cullens. But who is the stranger? Is he the killer for hire that George Cullen requested via telegraph (recklessly, in the view of his daughter Willa) to take care of his problem with the sheriff? Someone else who got wind of the situation? Or is he indeed just a stranger- a deadly one, as it soon becomes clear- who wandered into town just when someone like him was needed to balance the scales? The stranger is stingy with answers on that score.The book has all the familiar, entertaining elements of a western film of the 50’s (the alliances of decent folk against a shared threat, the backroom plotting by good guys and villains alike, the colorful supporting characters, the suspense of impending shootouts, the catharsis of same, etc.), but with one added element, and one that is unmistakably Spillane’s: bloody, gut-spilling violence. Throughout what is otherwise a standard, even conservative example of the genre, heads explode, intestines spill out of abdomens, knives do all kinds of graphic damage to throats and bellies, and beatings- many beatings- are inflicted on the human form.I didn’t mind those visceral elements, and most pulp-thriller enthusiasts probably won't, either. Heck, I’m all for bracing, even wince-inducing moments, if they ratchet up the drama and danger in a story. But some readers may find those parts to be a bit much. For me, though, the combination of a solid, enjoyable story with shocking, graphic violence was like indulging in a favorite, comfortably familiar cocktail, in my case a vodka martini, only one where the bartender substituted a Jalapeno pepper in place of the olives. I think such a drink would be kind of terrific, and this story is, too."The Legend of Caleb York" is the latest collaboration between the late Mickey Spillane and his literary executor and posthumous collaborator, Max Allan Collins, a great and successful writer in his own right. In addition to frequently producing his own thrillers (this year's violent, sexy, and darkly funny "Quarry's Choice" was pretty great), Collins spends a lot of his time these days finishing up the many uncompleted works Spillane left behind upon his death in 2006. Usually these collaborations are just that: collaborative efforts consisting of an unfinished manuscript or story fragment by Spillane- most about P.I. Mike Hammer- that Collins enhances and completes. This one is more purely Spillane, I suspect, as there was a complete movie screenplay by Mickey Spillane to work from when Max Allan Collins sat down at his desk to begin the adaptation process.Having said that, I’m still pretty sure that much of the final dialogue and story elements in the book are Collins’ own, as the adaptation process likely required story additions and well, adaptation, to keep things clear and moving along, and to convert the clipped descriptions of a screenplay into the richness of a book. After all, novels need and encourage the kind of elaboration that screenplays don’t. As usual, though, it's all seamless, the Spillane/Collins narrative voice once again strong, clear, and decisive.In the end, "The Legend of Caleb York" should please western and thriller enthusiasts, followers of Collins and Spillane, and film fans alike. To that last point, Collins helpfully relates in his entertaining introduction the handful of actors in addition to John Wayne who might have played the lead role if the film had been produced, suggesting to his readers that, if they like, they could picture one of those actors in their imaginations as they turn the pages.Incidentally, if "The Legend of Caleb York" takes off, there are certainly possibilities for a follow-up. So, to channel for a moment the book’s lovable drunk, Tulley, who often sleeps under the wooden planks in front of the sheriff’s office, “Get thinkin’, friend Collins, and spin me another tall tale with shootin’ and drinkin’ and rustlin’! And did I say drinkin’?”
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The start of a new western series by two masters of crime fiction. By Stephen Vincent Kempton I first heard about this book at the Windy City Pulp Convention where author Ron Fortier who had read an advance copy was extolling it's virtues. The idea of the late Mickey Spillane and Max Allen Collins writing a western got me very interested and I pre-ordered it upon returning home.The origin of the novel has been covered in other reviews ,but more importantly in Collins own introduction. So here is the short version. Mickey Spilliane was friends with John Wayne . Wayne asked Spilliane to write a screenplay for him. For various reasons It was never produced. Max Allen Collins took the screenplay and converted it to novel form.I am a very late convert to the virtues of the western . Like Collins himself I have read very few Westerns. Also like Collins I enjoy the movie cowboys such as the movies of Anthony Mann and Sergio Leone.I mention those two directors for a reason. This novel reminds me of both. The story structure reminds me of one of those good old fifties Westerns (Which is when this was first crafted ). But then we get some of modern ultraviolence like in a spaghetti western. I think the violence is more of the tough , hard boiled style of Spilliane and Collins brought over from their crime books rather then any spaghetti western influence which didn't even exist when the screenplay was written.The story hits a lot of classic Western troupes. A town held hostage by the evil sheriff, the misguided harlot , the beautiful but spunky ranchers daughter and the town drunk who proves himself in the end.And of course the stranger . The loner with the mysterious past who rides into town just as things have escalated to a breaking point.This book will not change your life but it is good old fashioned fun.Max Allen Collins has a contract to write at least two more novels. He has recently completed his second Caleb York novel, The Big Showdown. It is more to form , a murder mystery story.Sales of this introductory novel have been rather slow , so I encourage any fence sitters to purchase this book now so we can continue to enjoy the adventures of Caleb York.Highly Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Spillane Western - A Good One By Randy Johnson THE LEGEND OF CALEB YORK is a bit different from the other Spillane works Mr. Collins has been completing, mostly Mike Hammer stuff. Significant chunks of prose with notes has been the norm. Here, we have an unfilmed movie script that Mr. Spillane wrote for his friend John Wayne.So, a complete story by Mickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins putting his considerable skills into turning it into a novel. Never been fond of the term novelization.A mysterious stranger rides into Trinidad, New Mexico and into a situation. A crooked sheriff, a gentle rancher, aged and blind, and his daughter. The town pretty much cowed by the sheriff and his deputies.It would have made a good movie, exactly the sort of thing from that period. With Mickey Spillane's touch of rough action in the mix. I can see Wayne in the role. Mr. Collins even invites the reader to picture the Duke, or any other western star, as you speed through the pages. I did, reading it in just a few hours.I under stand it's the first of several Caleb York novels. Not sure whether Spillane left some ideas in his notes or that Collins will be the idea man. Either way will be fine with me.Recommended for western lovers
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