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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius
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New interview on Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/interview/gedys.
They ask some interesting questions. Check it out, and see what you think. The picture is new.
The answers are old, but they so am I.
Did you know?
January 1896, the Crystal Carnival and the Ice Palace, opened in Leadville Colorado. The plan was to offer attractions to entice tourists to spend money and help Leadville's sagging economy. The newest Andrew Coyle mystery is set in Leadville during the life of the Ice Palace. Two Miles High and Six Feet Under will be
ready for readers soon.
In 1896, Leo Hirshfield introduced the Tootsie Roll.
The London-to-Brighton road race was inaugurated to celebrate the repeal the English law which limited automobile speeds to four miles per hour and required a person with a flag (lantern at night) to walk ahead of each horseless carriage.
Central Dance Hall of Cripple Creek, Colorado was the scene of a fight that started a fire.
Excerpt from Murder in the Rockies
“No guns,” one of the bartenders shouted.
Rattlesnake turned to see that bartender number two already
had a shotgun pointed at him.
A miner took advantage of the temporary silence and shouted,
“Now, are you cow diddlers going to leave town peacefully or do
we have—”
A skinny cowboy with an eye patch swung a right hand
uppercut from the knee level and connected with the chin of the
miner with the red beard. Red Beard went down, but not before
Coyle recognized him as one of the antagonists from the nearriot
in front of City Hall.
“Hee haw!” Another cowboy jumped on a miner’s back and
held on for dear life until a third cowboy punched the miner,
who fell back and landed on top of the cowboy who had mistaken
118 Murder in the R ockies
him for a bronco.
From there the action became too frenzied to know who
was doing what to whom. Fists flew, bones crunched, and a
single tooth went sliding across the bar. Those not inclined
to fight stood nose to nose and called each other names and
cussed a lot. Everyone, cowboy and miner, was involved in one
way or another. The bartenders each held a shotgun to protect
themselves and the cash register, watching the melee in bored
amusement.
Coyle held his bandaged hand up, showing he was not
fighting because he was wounded. He heard breaking furniture,
swearing, and the sound of fists meeting chins. One could almost
hear eyes turning black.
Coyle kept waving his bandaged hand at anyone who came
near him to show he was not participating. The wounded warrior
tried to get to the edge of the room where there was less action
and he could stand with his back to a wall. He would feel safer
there.
One cowboy knew Coyle was not from the Bar U Bar, and
therefore he must be on the side of the enemy. The cowpoke
swung a looping right fist that hit Coyle square in the eye. Coyle
was rocked back and fell into the arms of a miner. The miner
thought Coyle was with the cowboys and let loose, slamming
a fist into the lawyer’s nose. Still hanging onto his suit jacket
and pants, Coyle started crawling toward the door. Strong hands
picked him up. “Señor Coyle, this way.”
Murder in the Rockies
Some book stores do not have Murder in the Rockies in Stock (shame on them). Tell the manager that they can order the book from Ingram or if you can't wait, you can order it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble plus several other e-books outlets. We prefer to support brick and mortar "real stores," but that is just our opinion.
Please, leave a comment below. Tell us what you think.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius
Check it out
New interview on Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/interview/gedys.
They ask some interesting questions. Check it out, and see what you think. The picture is new.
The answers are old, but they so am I.
Did you know?
January 1896, the Crystal Carnival and the Ice Palace, opened in Leadville Colorado. The plan was to offer attractions to entice tourists to spend money and help Leadville's sagging economy. The newest Andrew Coyle mystery is set in Leadville during the life of the Ice Palace. Two Miles High and Six Feet Under will be
ready for readers soon.
In 1896, Leo Hirshfield introduced the Tootsie Roll.
The London-to-Brighton road race was inaugurated to celebrate the repeal the English law which limited automobile speeds to four miles per hour and required a person with a flag (lantern at night) to walk ahead of each horseless carriage.
Central Dance Hall of Cripple Creek, Colorado was the scene of a fight that started a fire.
Excerpt from Murder in the Rockies
“No guns,” one of the bartenders shouted.
Rattlesnake turned to see that bartender number two already
had a shotgun pointed at him.
A miner took advantage of the temporary silence and shouted,
“Now, are you cow diddlers going to leave town peacefully or do
we have—”
A skinny cowboy with an eye patch swung a right hand
uppercut from the knee level and connected with the chin of the
miner with the red beard. Red Beard went down, but not before
Coyle recognized him as one of the antagonists from the nearriot
in front of City Hall.
“Hee haw!” Another cowboy jumped on a miner’s back and
held on for dear life until a third cowboy punched the miner,
who fell back and landed on top of the cowboy who had mistaken
118 Murder in the R ockies
him for a bronco.
From there the action became too frenzied to know who
was doing what to whom. Fists flew, bones crunched, and a
single tooth went sliding across the bar. Those not inclined
to fight stood nose to nose and called each other names and
cussed a lot. Everyone, cowboy and miner, was involved in one
way or another. The bartenders each held a shotgun to protect
themselves and the cash register, watching the melee in bored
amusement.
Coyle held his bandaged hand up, showing he was not
fighting because he was wounded. He heard breaking furniture,
swearing, and the sound of fists meeting chins. One could almost
hear eyes turning black.
Coyle kept waving his bandaged hand at anyone who came
near him to show he was not participating. The wounded warrior
tried to get to the edge of the room where there was less action
and he could stand with his back to a wall. He would feel safer
there.
One cowboy knew Coyle was not from the Bar U Bar, and
therefore he must be on the side of the enemy. The cowpoke
swung a looping right fist that hit Coyle square in the eye. Coyle
was rocked back and fell into the arms of a miner. The miner
thought Coyle was with the cowboys and let loose, slamming
a fist into the lawyer’s nose. Still hanging onto his suit jacket
and pants, Coyle started crawling toward the door. Strong hands
picked him up. “Señor Coyle, this way.”
Murder in the Rockies
Some book stores do not have Murder in the Rockies in Stock (shame on them). Tell the manager that they can order the book from Ingram or if you can't wait, you can order it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble plus several other e-books outlets. We prefer to support brick and mortar "real stores," but that is just our opinion.
Please, leave a comment below. Tell us what you think.