Randall Parrish a Western Writer of The West’s Image
The article profiles Randall Parrish a prominent western writer and journalist who traveled the frontier since 1878. It notes his law practice in Kansas Santa Fe Trail country his prospector years in New Mexico and Arizona and his Denver Sioux City Omaha and Chicago journalism career. It credits his first book in 1964 and lists his body of work as virile thrilling detective and romantic western tales including Gift of the Desert featuring a new secret service type.
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Randall Parrish
Missouri
Parrish
West
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Denver
Sioux City
Omaha
Chicago
Desolate Arizona ranch tale of a nurses escape threat
Deborah Meredith, a young nurse, faces control by Bob Meager at a remote Arizona ranch after her employer Tom Meager’s death. As the new master reshapes the operation with well linked Mexican workers, Deborah contemplates flight or resistance while Mrs Meager’s fragile condition binds them to a perilous future.
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Tom Meager
Nogales
Silver Canyon
Meager
Packer
Old Mexico
Bob Meager
Tom
Deborah Meredith
Chicago
Arizona
Brute
Bob
Miss Meredith
Deborah
Meager's Plan Frightens the Captive Girl at Dusk
In Chapter I a girl seeks solitude away from Bob Meager and his controlling threat. His insolent boldness and menace linger as she recalls a scene that framed her captivity and fear, while she contemplates the desert view and approaching night.
Plug Hat Totem Pole Represents Early Contact Claim
The Alaskan Indian totem pole features a white man in a stovepipe hat and frock coat atop a carved pole. The figure marks a prized claim to fame, born from experience or ancestry, and was added after an old woman in the house facing the pole first sighted a white man.
The Olive Tree as Civilizational Pillar
The text notes olives as the tree of civilization requiring 16 to 18 years to bear, with 17 years of care before returns. It cites Grasse France where one third of the country’s olives supported 60,000 people in 1880, while the other two thirds with no olives held 10,000. Tunisian olive districts house 150,000 people in 600 sq km, nearby areas have five to six people per square kilometer.
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France
Grasse
Tunisia
Pythian Games Garners Ancient Fame in Delphi Plain
The Pythian Games, one of ancient Greece’s four great festivals, were held every five years in the Crissaean plain near Delphi to honor Apollo and were said to be instituted by him.
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Greece
Apollo
Crissaean Plain
Delphi
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Washington Ave
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Ocean
Clay
Boncilla
Indianapolis
Indiana
Andrew Schlehuber
Inc
N. L. Merrill, Pres Cc
G. McGlone
Trens
Massachusetts
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Broad Street
Rose Gilman
R. E
Crest Av
Douglas Hardware & Paint
Center Station
ANY Style Mikes Barber Shop
Main Street
Parsons’ Fish Market
Nickerson
Somerset Ave
Emmaatel Werk
HH. N. Downs & Son
Locust Street
Mass
J. H. Holmes, D.D.S
O. W Holmes, D.M.D
Bartlett Road
Pleasant Street
Cor
Somerset Avenue
Pleasant Street Cor
Somerset Av
Boston
Tremont St
Boylston Subway
Beach
DR. Holmes Laboratory
Court ST
Bostok
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