Posted on 04/21/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT by Kalamata
Publishers are moving away from 'macho' heroes in non-fiction books for boys and moving towards an 'alternative type of hero' who to those who 'checks their privilege'. It comes following impressive sales of books that empower young women, such as Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. The publishers aim to move away from the 'stereotypical idea of masculinity' and action-men style heroes such as Prince Charming and will instead focus on stories of real-life heroes such as Usain Bolt and James Harrison, a blood donor"
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Without a doubt the GREATEST teller of Western Tales ever to put pen to paper.
Flint
Fallon
Hondo
The Sacketts
And all the rest, I started reading them when I was about 10 or 11 years old and never quit.
I thought “LAST OF THE BREED” was pretty damn good for having been set in the 20th century.
Never heard of a sequel, pity the poor Russkies.
Self-publishing will address this problem.
Lack of sales will also.
I’d add Liberty Island Magazine to the list of conservative publications.
https://libertyislandmag.com/
Thank you for the link. I appreciate it.
No one ever went broke feeding women’s vanity.
I came to the understanding that science fiction, as I had been reading, would be forever tainted the day that I met “the aspiring author Orson Scott Card” at a writer’s convention in Portland, Oregon in the 1990’s.
I considered Last of the Breed an excellent book, also.
No sequel because L’Amour died too soon.
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