The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
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After watching 2007's much lauded film, "3:10 to Yuma", with Russell Crowe as a very compelling outlaw and Christian Bale as the equally compelling lawman bound to deliver him to the 3:10 p.m. train to Yuma, I wanted to read the original story. Dime Westerns, most unfortunately, don't reside in the collections of my public library. So I wound up ordering this 2004 first edition of THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES OF ELMORE LEONARD. It wasn't expensive. This book has seen better days. Somewhere along the line it lost its cover but it is still in good condition and a great reading copy. It was definitely worth my investment. I enjoyed "Three-ten to Yuma," pages 179-195, and the introduction, "A Conversation with Elmore Leonard." Greg Sutter, Leonard's researcher for 30 years, edited this collection and interviewed Leonard for the introduction. What Leonard has to say is very interesting. Before he became a master of the detective novel, Leonard cut his teeth as a writer in the Western genre. He eloquently shares insights about writing and about Westerns. Television, he says, essentially killed Western stories.
"Three-Ten to Yuma" was a wonderful brief read. I loved the tension between and fellowship of lawman and outlaw. Though on opposing sides, both shared the old virtue of manly prowess, which is so much what the Western is all about.
Leonard died in 2013 at the age of 87. Here's an interesting recent interview with Sutter: http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-stacks-chat-gregg-sutter/
And here is Elmore Leonard's work as collected in the Library of America: https://www.loa.org/writers/206-elmore-leonard/
After releasing this book, I might invest in the Library of America edition of Leonard's Westerns: https://www.loa.org/books/577-westerns/ Sadly, my library has not purchased it, though it does own three of the Library of America editions of the work of Elmore Leonard.
"Three-Ten to Yuma" was a wonderful brief read. I loved the tension between and fellowship of lawman and outlaw. Though on opposing sides, both shared the old virtue of manly prowess, which is so much what the Western is all about.
Leonard died in 2013 at the age of 87. Here's an interesting recent interview with Sutter: http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-stacks-chat-gregg-sutter/
And here is Elmore Leonard's work as collected in the Library of America: https://www.loa.org/writers/206-elmore-leonard/
After releasing this book, I might invest in the Library of America edition of Leonard's Westerns: https://www.loa.org/books/577-westerns/ Sadly, my library has not purchased it, though it does own three of the Library of America editions of the work of Elmore Leonard.
Journal Entry 2 by 
Cordelia-anne
at LFL - Town Square in Roswell, Georgia USA on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Cordelia-anne at LFL - Town Square in Roswell, Georgia USA on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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