Böcker av Robert L Stave

Here is a semi-autobiographical novel of the American West. Bob Stave's thoughtful and humorous observations on life, love, war and the cowboy way is unflinchingly honest. Stave is not "all hat and no cattle." There are no special effects, no aliens or big bangs. His journey to find meaning and redemption in his life is a story that will touch every reader, no matter what they di or where they are from. With a combination of savvy, good sense and dumb luck, Bob Stave's story is a hash mark on the cowboy trail. A tale about horses, cows, a dog, Indians, white supremacists, rounders and even a fella' named Lefty. When Bob Stave rides a colt to a standstill, it is a not a victory. It is an understanding that he and the colt were both better off for the experience. Like Bob Stave would say, "You can talk a horse to death sooner or later you just have to climb aboard that hurricane deck and see where you end up."

Bob Stave's remarkable story begins on the University of Minnesota campus and the West Bank, otherwise known as Seven Corners. That's where a druggie was murdered by an undercover narc named Captain America. It was a center of disillusionment and unrest, with culture clash cultivated like germs in a petri dish. When downtrodden lawyer Peter Hill is hired to find a missing girl, he calls on photography professor Smith Kearns for assistance. Their search pits them against Captain America and leads them to the jungles of Mexico where they encounter Amazon drug dealers, deadly Federales, a revolutionary bandito, and a one-eyed CIA agent. Peter is forced to wrestle with his legal ethics, while Smith must face the demons that have followed him since two harrowing tours as a war photographer in Vietnam. Their journey culminates in a final showdown that will leave your heart racing and mind reeling. As Country Joe and the Fish raved: "Put down your books and pick up a gun we are gunna have a whole lot of fun ... one, two, three, four ... what are we fighting for?"