Horse Sense

Reviews

Will Davis moved to the West in the mid 1900's. He became interested in the West and read everything he could find about ranching, horses and life in the early West. He bought a small ranch where he raised cattle and began breaking and training Quarter Horses. He spent several years showing horses, competing in calf roping, bull riding and working cattle drives.

He has spent weeks at a time in the wilderness areas of New Mexico on horseback and experienced considerable success bow hunting for big game. He has been a long time member of the mounted search and rescue unit for the local sheriff's department.

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Six Points of Death

Book Reviews

Reading Bell County Bushwhackers  took me back to my childhood when I loved to go to the western movies where the good guys wore white hats and always won in the end.  Lance Kincaid typifies that type of character.  It is refreshing to read a book that is action packed without resorting to profanity or pornography.  I'll be proud to give it to my elderly father as a Christmas gift.  I'm looking forward to the further adventures of our hero in my beloved hill country of Texas.

     Jane Ann Lunn
    Retired Principal, Virginia Myers Elementary Northside ISD. San Antonio, Texas

I started reading your book on the way home Friday and couldn't put it down. Not only is it well written, but you truly captured the style of Louis L'Amour. You must have the right background and did the extensive research to capture the feel for this period of time. I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to Lance's trip to New .Mexico.
    
    Dr. Roger Greenwell
    EagleST

Hey Will,
I finished reading your book...and thank you so very much for sending it to me.   I read it in about five sittings.  The reason, of course, is that it was so spell-binding.  The writing is crisp and Hemingway-like, the plot is engaging, the story moves along at a fast pace, and the reader is really drawn into the lives of the people in the book.  In short, Will, you are a hellishly good writer!  But I was really impressed with the research that you must have done to get all your facts straight.  The historical setting and all the information you convey about post civil war western culture, the shameful treatment of the Indians, and the ills of the south during reconstruction were all well-documented and described.  I really enjoyed learning those things from the book.  And by the way, I am glad you did not forget your own roots in Pittsburgh as Hefty described in his stories the life he led there in the past.  It was a very good read and I enjoyed it immensely.  No wonder you won the New Mexico prize for last year.  Now, I guess I will have to look forward to the next novel when Lance finally (I presume) comes up against Christian and (hopefully) gets his revenge.  And I have the feeling that there could be a movie in the making (if we all live long enough).  The book would make a darned good western movie.

    Louis Salvador
   Morgantown, Wyoming

Just finished your book this morning. I really enjoyed the history you included in the book! And of course, Hefty's stories were as good as ever. Now I'm looking forward to the story of Lance and Amy getting their spread in southern NM.
You must really enjoy the research about gold mining techniques, Indian issues, Santa Fe Trail travel, military history of the region, and historical figures like Roy Bean and Kit Carson.
I love the part about horses smelling game and Indians. Fargo would do exactly as you described when we came upon deer on the trail. As often as we saw them, she continued to freeze, ears up, when she smelled or saw them.
Reading your books is almost like riding with you.
Thanks for the fun.

    Julie Steffes
   Member of the New Mexico Mounted Search and Rescue.