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Title: Aces and Eights
Author: Loren Estleman
Narrator: Joel Fabiani
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-31-12
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This suspenseful courtroom drama is based on the actual historical trial of Jack McCall, who shot James Butler Hickok from that most dishonorable position - behind.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
great expriencee
Loren D.Estelman outs a whole new perspective on the murder of Wild Bill Hickok.
The Shootout at the OK Corral and the murder of Wild Bill Hickok are probably the most famous episodes that took place in the Old West.It would be a simple task to fill a bookcase with the mooks written about them.The problem with these two famous incidents is that precise facts are virtually impossible to resolve;as the nearly 130 years that have passed since they occurred and the history has been clouded with superstitions,embellishment,fantasy,run away imagination,legend,absolute lies and legends.
As a matter of fact,even the cards Wild Bill Hickok held in his hands when he was shot are highly disputed.Particularly the 5th card.Though there is general concensus tht he held the two black Aces and the 2 black 8's;the other card is claimed to be the Queen of Clubs,the Queen, 9,Jack,or the 5 of Diamonds;as well as others.There are also claims that he held only 4 cards;the fifth having not yet been dealt.There are many depictions of the murder in museums and various cards are shown.
This book however,is certainly one that should be taken lightly as to facts and only as a interesting fictional of what took place during and leading up to the trial of Jack MaCall.
Anyone who has read many of the books covering the murder of Wild Bill Hickok will find it an interesting read;but let's face it,leave it at that.
HE AT LEAST SPELLED HICKOK RIGHT
This is a typical piece of work by a quintessential dude about a subject which he would not be qualified to write about without coming West to get a feel for the land, and people who haven't changed so much since 1876 out in South Dakota, get on a horse often for a long while, learn about guns from an expert and practice till he's a good shot, etc.
A fair sample of the expertise of the writer, and of those who granted him an award, can be seen in his having a SWAT Squad in 1876. He is guilty of the equivalent in another of his Award winning books (from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame) which has Pat Garret rubbing his body with a prescription of oil of Oleander, which would have killed him in a very short time when the pores absorbed this deady poison. Another leg slapped in another of his books (Bloody Season)has Doc Holliday making a bed of Mesquite branches.
This sort of thing gets by because of the sort of editors who buy Westerns with no more knowledge of the West than their prospective authors, which has given rise to the term "Ghetto Westerns." This is one. It may be entertaining to those who don't know any better, and might not resent being taken in if they did. I think it's regrettable. Historical novels should be history, not fantasy.
Aces and eights? More like a pair of twos.
There is little to recommend here, I'm afraid. The writing is serviceable, but we expect more than "serviceable" from someone like Estleman with his noted credentials. Therein lies the heavy disappointment.
The tension in the court room never manifests itself in any believable way. It's like any other courtroom drama you've watched while strung out on Quaaludes.
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Title: Aces and Eights
Author: Loren Estleman
Narrator: Joel Fabiani
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-31-12
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This suspenseful courtroom drama is based on the actual historical trial of Jack McCall, who shot James Butler Hickok from that most dishonorable position - behind.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
great expriencee
Loren D.Estelman outs a whole new perspective on the murder of Wild Bill Hickok.
The Shootout at the OK Corral and the murder of Wild Bill Hickok are probably the most famous episodes that took place in the Old West.It would be a simple task to fill a bookcase with the mooks written about them.The problem with these two famous incidents is that precise facts are virtually impossible to resolve;as the nearly 130 years that have passed since they occurred and the history has been clouded with superstitions,embellishment,fantasy,run away imagination,legend,absolute lies and legends.
As a matter of fact,even the cards Wild Bill Hickok held in his hands when he was shot are highly disputed.Particularly the 5th card.Though there is general concensus tht he held the two black Aces and the 2 black 8's;the other card is claimed to be the Queen of Clubs,the Queen, 9,Jack,or the 5 of Diamonds;as well as others.There are also claims that he held only 4 cards;the fifth having not yet been dealt.There are many depictions of the murder in museums and various cards are shown.
This book however,is certainly one that should be taken lightly as to facts and only as a interesting fictional of what took place during and leading up to the trial of Jack MaCall.
Anyone who has read many of the books covering the murder of Wild Bill Hickok will find it an interesting read;but let's face it,leave it at that.
HE AT LEAST SPELLED HICKOK RIGHT
This is a typical piece of work by a quintessential dude about a subject which he would not be qualified to write about without coming West to get a feel for the land, and people who haven't changed so much since 1876 out in South Dakota, get on a horse often for a long while, learn about guns from an expert and practice till he's a good shot, etc.
A fair sample of the expertise of the writer, and of those who granted him an award, can be seen in his having a SWAT Squad in 1876. He is guilty of the equivalent in another of his Award winning books (from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame) which has Pat Garret rubbing his body with a prescription of oil of Oleander, which would have killed him in a very short time when the pores absorbed this deady poison. Another leg slapped in another of his books (Bloody Season)has Doc Holliday making a bed of Mesquite branches.
This sort of thing gets by because of the sort of editors who buy Westerns with no more knowledge of the West than their prospective authors, which has given rise to the term "Ghetto Westerns." This is one. It may be entertaining to those who don't know any better, and might not resent being taken in if they did. I think it's regrettable. Historical novels should be history, not fantasy.
Aces and eights? More like a pair of twos.
There is little to recommend here, I'm afraid. The writing is serviceable, but we expect more than "serviceable" from someone like Estleman with his noted credentials. Therein lies the heavy disappointment.
The tension in the court room never manifests itself in any believable way. It's like any other courtroom drama you've watched while strung out on Quaaludes.