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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780875653341 ISBN: 0875653340 Label: Texas Christian University Press Manufacturer: Texas Christian University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: October 30, 2006 Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Studio: Texas Christian University Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Naked Came the Stranger set the format, but not always the tone or subject matter, for a whole string of books that appeared in the 1970s. Called collaborative or serial novels, the multi-author works were set in the suburbs, the Blue Ridge Mountains, Florida, the American West, but never in Texas. Now a dozen Texas authors have gotten together to create a good old-fashioned western novel. Each contributing author will write a chapter that builds on the work that precedes his or her chapter. The plot features Noah, a plantation slave who escapes and makes his way to the Union forces and, finally, Texas, where he establishes a small ranch, runs a few cattle, and, with wife Nelly, begins to raise a family. But Noah, who has taken the name Freeman and named his ranch Free Land, cannot leave his past behind. The slave catcher Quint Carpenter is the local sheriff, and hes out for bloodspecifically Noah's bloodafter Noah's sister kills Quints younger son. And carpetbagger Bear Coltrain, who once wanted to kidnap Noah and sell him back into slavery, now wants Noah's land. And then John Malone comes alongNoah once saved the former cavalry officers life, and he wants to repay his debt. Can he help when someone kidnaps Noahs baby girl? Can he help save the ranchand, finally, save Noahs life? At press time for this catalog, half the chapters remain yet to be written, so the plot may change somebut that's the magic of a project such as this one. In cooperation with TCU Press, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram announced a contest in which the winner became one of the contributing authors. Entries were posted on the Star-Telegram web page, where the best three entries were chosen by popular vote. The staff of TCU Press chose the winner from among those entries. She is Mary Dittoe Kelly, and this will be her first published writing. A celebration at Fort Worth's Bass Hall will bring all the authors together onstage to talk about the work, and the joys and problems of working in collaboration. Former Star-Telegram book editor Jeff Guinn will moderate. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Collaborative Novel is a Showcase for Writers' TalentsMost everyone knows what a collaboration is: two or more people working together toward a common end. Lennon & McCartney, Penn & Teller, Roosevelt & Churchill. But a serialized collaborative novel, like Noah's Ride, is a different kettle of fish altogether. In an Editor's Note at the end of the book, TCU Press editors Judy Alter and Jeff Guinn explain how the idea for Noah's Ride was formulated. A group of writers in the Fort Worth area met to brainstorm a collaboration. A character ... Read More 
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