Bull By The Tale

John Duncklees short stories examine men and women from the Spanish Colonialera to the twentiethcentury American West. Men in The Developers and PadreMirandi fa... » 

John Duncklees short stories examine men and women from the Spanish Colonialera to the twentiethcentury American West. Men in The Developers and PadreMirandi face similar problems although they live centuries apart. Eachsuffers from human weaknesses and failings and affairs that end with surprisepregnancies.Three stories involve mining and miners The Miner is a loner convinced hewill soon find that rich vein of silver in the Arizona mountains his instinctspromise with each round of blasting Soul of the HobNailed Boot is whatremains of a Wyoming miner fighting eviction from his claim by the U. S. ForestService and a man and wife con artist team ends up on the wrong end of ascheme in The Mines of Magdalena.Young men travel far from home in Antonio Sings His Song and Two GoldCoins. Antonio the son of a poor Mexican farmer assumes responsibility forgoing north to earn money to support his parents and siblings in Mexico.Leaving everything he cares about he crosses the border working from Arizonato Idaho and back through California until it is time to return home courtesyof U. S. Immigration. Two young Spaniards who go to Nueva Espana escapingtheir unwanted futures as fishermen carry the Two Gold Coins. They find theadventures they seek and more one a wife and the other death.The Last Breakfast is served to Wyatt Earp the James and Clanton gangs ColeYounger Billy the Kid Butch Cassidynumerous western characters that returnto Tombstone in the late twentieth century. They discover a world differentthan they had lived in previously and when the local newspaper editor takes agroup photo he discovers changes in them also. «