Hitch and John

By: Roger Erickson

Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner

If you liked the first book in the series, Hitch, you will love this sequel. Eldon Hitchens is a US Marshall living in the Willamette Valley in Oregon Territory. Together with his partner and best friend, John Winterland, they rid the land of bank robbers, wife beaters, and horse thieves, all the while helping more people than they hurt. This book begins shortly before Oregon gains statehood and takes us to the Civil war era.

©2013 David Erickson (P)2014 David Erickson

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Summary:
This story picks up where the last one left off. It’s like a mini-peek into the life and times of frontier life through rose-colored glasses.

Additional Comments:
• It’s clean western. Not the most exciting story I’ve ever listened to.
• It’s easy to lose track of who’s who because there are a lot of characters.
• Good guys are typically good. Bad guys typically wind up dead real quick.
• If the bad guys are slow or childlike or somewhat innocent, they’ll be reformed by the heroes.
• There’s no real sense of danger here.
• Even the 6 year olds can shoot a grizzly bear dead without blinking.
• Everything’s reported so matter-of-factly that you’re 3 minutes on before you realize there was danger.
• The characters are still charming. Everybody’s practically a saint.
• The telepathy thing is sort of interesting. Definitely different for a Western. I like that it was used as a convenient way to make phone calls.
• The good guys seek to right wrongs wherever they go. There’s a wholesomeness to it.

Conclusion:
If you’re looking for action-packed Western, look elsewhere. If you want a glimpse of utopia frontier style, give it a go.

*I got the book on a free code site. I understand I do not have a set-in-stone obligation to share my thoughts, but have freely chosen to do so anyway.