To Die in Kanab (Jared Buck)
Registered by gypsysmom of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 7/9/2012
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I bought this book in a neat little bookshop/cafe near Capitol Reef National Park. We didn't get to Kanab this year but we were there last year and I thought this would be a good book to remember the area.
Jack Nelson is not what I would call a great writer. Or perhaps he needed a great editor to lift this book up a notch. Nevertheless, having been in the area this book is set in, he does capture that country exceedingly well and for that I give him top marks.
Jared Buck is the sheriff in Kane County, a southern Utah county close to the Arizona border. The police force consists of him and a couple of deputies and they have a big area to cover. One of Buck's main duties is to keep tourists safe and, given how stupid some people can be, he is called out on a regular basis to find hikers that have gone missing . When he encounters a group he always gives them the talk about taking enough water and staying together and letting people know where they have gone. So when a group of Californians come to Kanab to scout locations for a movie about Everett Ruess, a young man that disappeared in the canyons in 1934. His short life and mysterious disappearance has evoked a lot of interest over the years as he regularly wrote home to family until then. His letters and his diary have been published. So Buck gives them the usual safety talk and doesn't worry too much about them because they have a local guide, Henry (Mooch) Winslow, to drive them around. Then he gets a call that they've been shot at while exploring a canyon and the two front tires of Winslow's have been shot out. Buck joins the group and checks the area they say the shots came from but he doesn't turn up anything. A mystery that may never be solved it appears but then the banker bankrolling the film is shot dead in the parking lot of the motel they are staying in. Ronald Murdock seemed to Buck like a pretty nice guy but someone must have had it in for him. Buck has a major crime on his hands. By the time he is finished the investigation he will have put on a lot of miles, including going to San Francisco where Murdock was based. He also has to deal with some upset ranchers whose cattle have been removed by federal authorities from the Escalante National Monument where they had grazing rights. That may have seemed like an unnecessary addition to the book but, to me, it added to the local colour.
Jared Buck is an interesting character and I'd read more books with him as the protagonist. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any more.
Jared Buck is the sheriff in Kane County, a southern Utah county close to the Arizona border. The police force consists of him and a couple of deputies and they have a big area to cover. One of Buck's main duties is to keep tourists safe and, given how stupid some people can be, he is called out on a regular basis to find hikers that have gone missing . When he encounters a group he always gives them the talk about taking enough water and staying together and letting people know where they have gone. So when a group of Californians come to Kanab to scout locations for a movie about Everett Ruess, a young man that disappeared in the canyons in 1934. His short life and mysterious disappearance has evoked a lot of interest over the years as he regularly wrote home to family until then. His letters and his diary have been published. So Buck gives them the usual safety talk and doesn't worry too much about them because they have a local guide, Henry (Mooch) Winslow, to drive them around. Then he gets a call that they've been shot at while exploring a canyon and the two front tires of Winslow's have been shot out. Buck joins the group and checks the area they say the shots came from but he doesn't turn up anything. A mystery that may never be solved it appears but then the banker bankrolling the film is shot dead in the parking lot of the motel they are staying in. Ronald Murdock seemed to Buck like a pretty nice guy but someone must have had it in for him. Buck has a major crime on his hands. By the time he is finished the investigation he will have put on a lot of miles, including going to San Francisco where Murdock was based. He also has to deal with some upset ranchers whose cattle have been removed by federal authorities from the Escalante National Monument where they had grazing rights. That may have seemed like an unnecessary addition to the book but, to me, it added to the local colour.
Jared Buck is an interesting character and I'd read more books with him as the protagonist. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any more.
Journal Entry 3 by gypsysmom at Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library Book Sale in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Saturday, August 26, 2023
Released 8 mos ago (8/25/2023 UTC) at Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library Book Sale in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I took a box of books, including this one, to my local library to be passed on to the Friends for their book sale.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
