The reason I mention this particular book is that it covers the same time and place, geographically and chronologically, as the new series HELL ON WHEELS. Wish I could get ten people -- okay, five people -- to read the book first, and watch the program as it airs, so that we could discuss it in a devoted thread. That would be fun.
Richard
Try reading this acclaimed book by historian Thomas Goodrich. He lets the evidence do the talking in Scalp Dance. Not too academic, above politics and beyond blame games. It's a good place to start.
Richard
I just remembered, Hell On Wheels was the title of the third installment -- which was 2 hours -- of the TNT miniseries INTO THE WEST (2008). Heavily politically corrected: all the problems in the American west are caused by ignorant oppressive white men, but of course their women know better. Ominous title for a proposed TV series.
Pardon me for turning political.
Richard
Personnally, with a title like that, I would rather it be about the WWII Armored Division and their "activities" in France through Germany.
I was thinking the same thing, sort of -- I mean, that the title sounds like anything but a western. I hope it doesn't turn out to be another exercise in political correctness in which behavior and dialogue reflects lifestyles of the idle rich in Malibu and Bel Aire instead of the time and place of the American west. The way things are going, I'm not optimistic.
Richard
