Bob Giel Author Of Shawnee
List by Bob Giel

Why am I passionate about this?

I have a life-long love of Westerns. Iā€™ve researched the period and the events extensively. One of the first things I look for in any book I read is period accuracy. The books I write are historically accurate, though they are fiction. Iā€™m on a mission, through my writing, to save the Western genre.

I wrote

Shawnee

By Bob Giel,

Book cover of Shawnee

What is my book about?

Sixteen-year-old Lon Pearce has lost both parents at the hands of local business owner, Carl Teverence. Grief-stricken, he heads intoā€¦

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The books I picked & why

Book cover of Riders of the Purple Sage

Bob Giel Why did I love this book?

This was the first Western I read when I was young. It made an impression on me, not only as a Western, but as a classic story of good and evil with sharply drawn characters that make it come alive to the reader. Greyā€™s writing puts the reader right in the middle of every scene. And it has an ending you donā€™t see coming, but one that fits perfectly.

By Zane Grey,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Riders of the Purple Sage as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.


Book cover of Monte Walsh

Bob Giel Why did I love this book?

Essentially this is an homage to the American Cowboy as it tells of his demise as a lifestyle. While some say this oneā€™s hard to read because of its episodic format, I found it the ideal setting for telling the background of the Cowboyā€™s life and times. Life doesnā€™t happen in such a structured way as most stories depict. As Monty fights against the progress that will consume him, the reader sees its inevitability. Lament it if you will, itā€™s a forward-moving engine that will not be stopped.

By Jack Schaefer,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Monte Walsh as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.


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Book cover of The Fornax Assassin

The Fornax Assassin by J.C. Gemmell,

In 2038 a devastating pandemic sweeps across the world. Two decades later, Britain remains the epicenter for the Fornax variant, annexed by a terrified global community.

David Malik is as careful as any man to avoid contact with the virus. But when his sister tests positive as an asymptomatic carrier,ā€¦

Book cover of The Man from Laramie

Bob Giel Why did I love this book?

Classic tale of revenge that transcends the Western genre, yet it fits the genre perfectly. Taut, descriptive narrative adds to sharply drawn, larger-than-life characters playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with a hero who refuses to yield, no matter what is done to him. It all leads up to the solution of a mystery that explodes with boundless, brutal action. Itā€™s one you wonā€™t be able to put down until the end.

By T.T. Flynn,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Man from Laramie as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Itā€™s clear to Will Lockhart that no one in Coronado wants a stranger in town, but heā€™s traveled a thousand miles through dangerous Apache territory to avenge his brother and no matter what they do to try to run him out, he wonā€™t leave without justice.


Book cover of Del Rio

Bob Giel Why did I love this book?

A new book by a new writer, this is one I had an editing hand in, and one Iā€™ve come to love. Itā€™s a gripping coming-of-age novel set in the 1840s against the backdrop of the vast push west. Both a personal story of a young man forced to survive in a violent land, and an epic story of wagons west along the Oregon Trail, it grabs the reader from the get-go and holds on to the very end. There are as many twists and turns to this tale as were present in the trail west itself.

By Michael Lee,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Del Rio as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

In the bitter Christmas cold of a Maryland winter, Delaino Riodan, orphaned heir to the Conlan family fortune, finally decides that enough is enough and flees the clutches of his abusive family. With him are the only two friends heā€™s ever knownā€”Tucker, a family slave, and Raj, an exquisitely-trained stallion Del stole from his grandfatherā€™s stables. Together they head west in search of Delainoā€™s long-lost father, Daniel, and the promise of life and liberty on the far end of the famed Oregon Trail. Drunk on the hope and enthusiasmā€¦


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Book cover of Aggressor

Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan. The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced, it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run theā€¦

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Shawnee

By Bob Giel,

Book cover of Shawnee

What is my book about?

Sixteen-year-old Lon Pearce has lost both parents at the hands of local business owner, Carl Teverence. Grief-stricken, he heads into town, half-cocked and ready to take vengeanceā€”only things donā€™t work out as planned. Teverence and his men see him coming and turn the tables on him. Lucky to escape with his life, alone and hunted, Lon takes to a long and lonely trail. Now known only as Shawnee, he embarks on a journey to learn the skills needed to exact his revenge. Along the way, he lends a hand to those in needā€”even when it forces him further outside the law.

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