Shoshone Mike

by Frank Bergon

Book Overview

In 1911 a posse chased an itinerant Shoshone family across 200 hundred miles of Nevada desert and slaughtered them. Shoshone Mike re-creates this final chapter in the Old West through the eyes of an anachronistic sheriff.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670815632
• ISBN13: 9780670815630
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Good!

I usually avoid Westerns because its hard to find any that don't follow the Louis L'Amour/Zane Grey formula tripe.This one is an exception. It is truly original and captivating from start to finish. You won't go wrong with this one.

Incredible Book

This book is probably the best Western novel that I have ever read. Its only competitor in my experience is the "Ox-Bow Incident." However, Bergon's novel, which is based upon a real event, is still better. The action, which is set around the Nevada town of Winnemucca in the year 1911, revolves around the pursuit of a Shoshone Indian family from Idaho accused of killing some white men. Told from the perspective of several major characters, including the Winnemucca Sheriff, a Basque immigrant, and the Shoshone Indians, this novel really shows the ugly underside of the West that never appears on the movie screen or in Louis L'amour's novels. This is novel is not a celebration of the old West, but it is a page-turner and well worth adding to your library.