Genevieve of Tombstone

By John Duncklee

Book Overview

"If you want to know about the joy of a woman working on an Arizona cow ranch, read John Duncklee's Genevieve of Tombstone. If you like people and want to know why God loves whores, ready Genevieve of Tombstone. It is a simple, uncomplicated jewel of a book in plain talk." - J. P. S. Brown, Author of Jim Kane Tombstone in the 1880's was the toughest town in the West, and it took a special kind of grit just to survive there. Ask the Earps or the Clantons. But among the gunslingers and lawmen, among the ranchers and rustlers, there was Genevieve, a woman with the spirit, toughness - and heart - the town demanded. Whether she was working in a fancy house or running her own cattle ranch, Genevieve would not only survive, she would triumph. She was a woman who would never surrender, never give in - and one that no reader will ever forget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595532500
• ISBN13: 9780595532506
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An original, highly recommended western novel

In Genevieve Of Tombstone, John Duncklee has written an original, highly recommended western novel set in the Tombstone, Arizona during the 1880s, a time when the Earps and the Clantons were typical examples of the men who ranged from ranchers and lawmen to gunslingers and rustlers. But in that frontier community there was also a woman of great spirit, toughness and heart called Genevieve. A free spirit whether she was working in a fancy house or running her own cattle spread, Genevieve made her own way in a time when, and place where, men with guns thought they were in charge.

A great read!

A first rate read: fascinating, trustworthy. It gives a far different picture of Western life than so many of the old school. Daring to enter the mind of one very real woman of Tombstone, the book follows the unique path she takes, both in business and love.

Clarion clear....

As far as I'm concerned, poetry is the place for wordsmiths. You can run them off the ranch when it comes to fiction. What you want is compelling drama, and Genevieve brings it on a platter. If you want plain prose that rings clarion clear, and reaches into your heart, this novel will do so. Novelized, but taken from a true story, Genevieve of Tombstone speaks truth in every sentence. Don't miss this one if you want the REAL west. Larry Jay Martin, author of Last Stand, Sounding Drum, Shadow of the Grizzly, etc.

A Marvelous Creation

A marvelous creation,brimming with passion, honesty, and grit. The reader emerges with that good warm feeling one gets only when having met flesh and blood characters. Genevieve's rise from the bordellos of Tombstone to respectable womanhood sticks in the mind long after the last page.

A true view of the Old West

Duncklee gets better and better. Genevieve... poses a different view of the Old West. Instead of a lament from some gunslinger or cowpoke, Duncklee has used the eyes and memory of a Tombstone whore. Tragedy and triumph, luck and good planning, they're all in the book. Genevieve poses the question "Why hasn't more material hasn't been written from the views of the West's secondary citizens?" More power to Duncklee, I'm looking forward to his next bit of scribblin'. Sic 'em, John.