Monte Walsh (novel)

Monte Walsh
AuthorJack Schaefer
LanguageEnglish
GenreWestern
PublisherBison Books
Publication date
1963
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
ISBN978-0-82635-857-8 (paperback edition)
OCLC-

Monte Walsh is a Western novel written by Jack Schaefer and published on January 1, 1963. It was loosely adapted into a movie in 1970 and a television series in 2003.

Plot

Reception

Kirkus Reviews highlighted how "as Monte learns every aspect of a cowboy's role, the details are spread out for reader satisfaction". They concluded, "What Schaefer does is lift all this out of the realm of light entertainment and into life where the rise and fall of 'a good man with a horse' defines his time and carries a lesson for ours".[1]

Adaptations

Monte Walsh was loosely adapted into the 1970 film of the same name starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Palance,[2] and again as a 2003 television film starring Tom Selleck.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Monte Walsh". Kirkus Reviews. 1963-09-01. Archived from the original on 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  2. ^ Boyle, Molly (9 March 2018). "Writer from nowhere: How Jack Schaefer found the West in himself". Santa Fe New Mexican. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  3. ^ Meyer, Carla (January 19, 2012). "'Monte Walsh' -- aimless in Old West / Tom Selleck, scenery are high points of TNT cowboy drama that lacks action". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.