ISBN: 0-88739-206-7
275 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Paperback
Price: $16.50
Hardcover
Price: $24.50
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Paddies
J. Patrick Mulrooney
If you like gripping adventure, surprises, plot twists, and a fast-paced read, then PADDIES is for you. In this sweeping 19th Century western epic, a young medical student named Ned McCaffrey joins a wily buddy in a succession of amusing escapades.
"'Now I'm really pissed...first my friend, now my horse. Die, you bloody thug!' Ned calmly raised his bow and loosed an arrow straight into the bull's chest. The bull roared, lowered its head, and charged Ned. 'Come on, I'll kill you with my bare hands!' Ned raged. The buffalo's horns dug into the ground five feet from Ned and it somersaulted onto its back, flanks heaving. Ned shot another arrow into its chest, and the bull was finally still. Ned ran over and kicked it and jumped on its head yelling, 'that'll teach you to mess with the Irish and my horse.'"
Review: "Mulrooney is a radiologist who obviously reads about the American West when he's not reading x-rays. His history-drenched novel has young Brian McCaffrey, a St. Louis doctor's son and medical student, learn the ways of frontier life from Ned O'Grady, a tough immigrant trapper. Making their way from Montana through Wyoming and the Dakota territories...Brian meets Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, and a host of other legendary characters....An unconventional western, but one with great appeal for history buffs."
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Bio: Patrick Mulrooney earned his M.D. at Ohio State University; when not busy at his radiology practice or at home with his family, he enjoys his log cabin in Montana watching sunsets, reading, and dreaming up wonderful stories of the West.
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