Bob Giel Author Of Shawnee
List by Bob Giel

Why am I passionate about this?

I have a life-long love of Westerns. I’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. I’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 into…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

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. Grey’s writing puts the reader right in the middle of every scene. And it has an ending you don’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 one’s hard to read because of its episodic format, I found it the ideal setting for telling the background of the Cowboy’s life and times. Life doesn’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, it’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.


Ad

Book cover of The River of Eternity

The River of Eternity by Bruce Balfour, PhD,

1184 BCE. Ramesses III, who will become the last of the great pharaohs, is returning home from battle. He will one day assume the throne of the Egyptian empire, and the plots against him and his children have already started. Even a god can die.

Ray was raised with the…

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. It’s one you won’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?

It’s clear to Will Lockhart that no one in Coronado wants a stranger in town, but he’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 won’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 I’ve come to love. It’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 he’s ever known—Tucker, a family slave, and Raj, an exquisitely-trained stallion Del stole from his grandfather’s stables. Together they head west in search of Delaino’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 enthusiasm…


Ad

Book cover of Deadly Sommer

Deadly Sommer by Nicholas Harvey,

Readers who enjoy police procedurals with an offbeat main character and fascinating locations will love this thriller.

One missing girl. Two lives on the line. Four treacherous challenges.

Nora Sommer's first case for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is one she'll never forget... if she survives. When the daughter…

Explore my book 😀

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 vengeance—only things don’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 need—even when it forces him further outside the law.

Book cover of Riders of the Purple Sage
Book cover of Monte Walsh
Book cover of The Man from Laramie

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,973

readers submitted
so far, will you?

Ad

📚 You might also like…

Book cover of The Mysteries of Marquette

The Mysteries of Marquette by Tyler R. Tichelaar,

When the Marquis de Marquette chooses to spend the summer of 1908 in Marquette, Michigan, a city named for his illustrious Jesuit relative, the residents are all astir with excitement. People begin vying to rub shoulders with the marquis, but he remains very private until he hosts a masquerade ball…

Book cover of Girl in the Ashes

Girl in the Ashes by Douglas Weissman,

Odette Lefebvre is a serial killer stalking the shadows of Nazi-occupied Paris and must confront both the evils of those she murders and the darkness of her own past. In Douglas Weissman's "Girl in the Ashes," this young woman's childhood trauma shapes her complex journey through World War II France,…

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in American frontier, polygamy, and cowboys?

Polygamy 17 books
Cowboys 74 books