Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But with the corporate buyups of wyoming land, monte and his friends may be forced to move on. Monte walsh is as lovely a western as ive seen in a long time. Monte walsh is the kind of cult novel that is carried around in backpacks and passed on to heirs. Monte walsh kindle edition by schaefer, jack, simmons.
When i did a booksigning at larry edmunds bookshop, i was fortunate to have mitch ryan, lee marvins monte walsh costar, agree to appear. Its by the guy who wrote shane, and is the far superior book. Spradlin, jim davis, bo hopkins, mitch ryan, matt clark, billy green. Monte walsh, the movie 1970, was directed by the great cinematographer, william a. Apparently, im not alone in my admiration for this book. Originally published in 1963, monte walsh continues to delight readers as a western classic and popular favorite. Find books like monte walsh from the worlds largest community of readers. Monte walsh is a 1970 american western film directed by cinematographer william a. Its 1917, and young martha leeson leaves home to become.
Based on a novel by jack schaefer writer of shane, and previously filmed theatrically in 1970, the madeforcable monte walsh is the stilltimely saga of a dying way of life. Reviewed in the united states on february 24, 2020. The writing is superb, in that runon raconteur style that feels like the easy canter of a horse. For a decade they are unbeatable and inseparable, working as trail hands throughout the west.
They stood by the rickety fence of a halfacre enclosure, the boy leaning against a big shoulder, looking over the broad. The book then follows monte walsh though the following years of his life right to the bitter end still brings a tear to my eye. They live out the rituals of the cowboy life, when fighting and rough living and carousing were considered part of being a real man. Monte walsh has never met a horse he couldnt ride, and chet rollins has never met one he couldnt. Mar 27, 2014 despite the early chapters of life on the trail and the larks of montes youth, monte walsh is essentially a sad book about the end of the west. Originally published in 1963, monte walshcontinues to delight readers as a western classic and popular favorite. Monte walsh is a 2003 canadian madefortelevision western film directed by simon wincer and starring tom selleck, isabella rossellini, and keith carradine. Uncomplaining acceptance of danger, a sense of honor, a refusal to whine about fate, characterized the cowboy code. For a decade they are unbeatable and inseparable, working as trail hands throughout the west until finally settling with cal brennans slash y. Chet gets married and finds work, while monte pursues saloon girl martine jeanne moreau to a. An aging cowboy realizes that the west he knew and loved will soon be no moreand that there will be no room for him, either. Monte walsh has a lot of western cliches, but schaefers portrayal of the protagonist monte walsh, his best friend chet rollins, and many other characters plus his depictions of the landscape completely rescue the book from those cliches. Fraker his directorial debut starring lee marvin, jeanne moreau and jack palance.
Aug 15, 2017 originally published in 1963, monte walsh continues to delight readers as a western classic and popular favorite. In some families, christmas eve at the slash y, a superb middle chapter of the book, is read aloud to children during the holidays. Loosely based on the 1963 western novel monte walsh by jack schaefer, the film is about two longtime cowboys whose solitary and predictable lives on the range are inexorably changed when a fellow cowhand becomes involved with rustling and. Monte walsh and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the wyoming territory of 1892. The novel explores the cowboy lives of monte walsh and chet rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the slash y with cal brennan. By the time i got to the end of this book i felt like i knew monte walsh and i was sad that i had never met him. Fraker, and is a damn good picture if taken on its own merit. Lee marvin as monte walsh jeanne moreau as martine bernard jack palance as chet rollins mitchell ryan as shorty austin jim davis as cal brennan g.
With lee marvin, jeanne moreau, jack palance, mitchell ryan. Id call molly gloss the hearts of horses almost a sequel to monte walsh by jack schaefer, and i consider monte walsh one of the perfect novels. Along the way we are introduced to many characters and exploits some funny and some sad, to monte s love for his horses and his best friend chet rawlins. Monte walsh lee marvin and his pal chet rollins jack palance are two over the hill cowboys seeking work in the town of harmony, arizona in the final days of the old west. At the end of the wild west era, cowboys monte walsh lee marvin and chet rollins jack palance arrive in the town of harmony, where they reconnect with their old friend shorty austin mitch ryan. The friends monte walsh and chet rollins first appeared in a 1954 short story, in harmony. Jan 01, 1970 monte walsh has a lot of western cliches, but schaefers portrayal of the protagonist monte walsh, his best friend chet rollins, and many other characters plus his depictions of the landscape completely rescue the book from those cliches. Like a lot of recent westerns, its about the end of the old west. Jul 18, 2017 western with lee marvin and jack parlance. For a decade they are unbeatable and inseparable, working as. Living in a routine where every day would seem alike if the weather werent so cantankerous, monte and his friends at the slash y ranch typify what was strongest.
Monte walsh has never met a horse he couldnt ride, and chet rollins ha. Monte walsh dvdin the late 1800s, diehard cowboy monte walsh tom selleck refuses to give in to the changing times, even though his lifestyle is fast becoming a. Books similar to monte walsh meet your next favorite book. As the west changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Buy a cheap copy of monte walsh book by jack schaefer. Big jake full western movie, john wayne, hd, english, cowboy film free full western movies duration. This is monte s story, told with affection and understanding and a sureness of touch that seems to say this is the way it really was. The first time i read monte walsh was in high school, and i believe many of the lessons taught in this book about character and camaraderie prepared me better for the real world than college ever could. Monte walsh kindle edition by schaefer, jack, simmons, marc. A man proud of his skills and of his independence, so suited to a particular way of life that he wishes no other. It is as good or in some respects better than shane, those respects being a lot of stories woven into the big one of the book. Having seen and enjoyed the movie monte walsh many years ago, i was curious to read the jack schaefer novel on which it was based.
Sep 02, 2019 monte walsh by jack schafer 19071991, published 1963. It has a great story, wonderful characters and is one of those books you hate to see end. The plainsmen 1963 childrens book monte walsh 1963 the great endurance horse race. Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. The advancement of civilization has all but rendered monte obsolete, but monte doesnt want to change his ways.
Theres way more discussion of and about horses in monte walsh than is usually encountered in a western. Schaefer never fails to bring characters to life and his stories never fail to interest. First published in 1963, monte walsh is considered by many to be one of the great classic westerns. Andre deutsch, london stubby pringles christmas 1964 childrens book heroes without glory. For me, this got a little tiresome especially as the author gives short shrift in describing the beauty of the american southwest. With tom selleck, isabella rossellini, keith carradine, george eads.
And so monte walsh, 50ish, thinks in a rather disorganized way of getting into some other. Beautifully written, carefully researched and described, this is a character study that resonates. The book always leaves me with a peaceful, easy feeling, taking me to a place and time when life was both more challenging and yet simpler. True west a definitive novel of male friendship, particularly the friendship of monte and chet rollins, and their relationship to the other men of the slash y. In the summer of 2001, my wife and i drove a 4,000 mile loop of the west, from southern ca through arizona, colorado, wyoming, the western corner of montana, across idaho and southern oregon to the coast, and down pch to san francisco, then home the majority on back roads. Many consider monte walsh one of the best westerns ever written. The name monte walsh is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by jack schaefer, but the film has little to do with the plot of schaefers book. Monte walsh has never met a horse he couldnt ride, and chet rollins has never met one he couldnt rope. Monte walsh is the kind of man who preferred coffee to whiskey and horseback to an easy chair, a cowboy who could turn a stampede, string barbedwire barehanded and do anything else that needed to be done. Spradlin as hal henderson john hudkins as sonny jacobs as john bear hudkins raymond guth as sunfish perkins as ray guth john mckee as petey. The author had written a number of short stories around monte and chet beginning in the mid 50s and decided to add other chapters to their story. Chet manages to adapt and survive in the new world.
Monte walsh jack schaefer 1970 for archie contents a beginning monte two of a kind slash y in harmony xyz antelope junction christmas eve at the slash y trail herd payment in full dobe chavez hattie harmonizing powder kent hellfire all in one place drifters a middleaged man an ending a beginning 1872 a boy and a horse. Partial to pretty women, gambling, and practical jokes, monte doesnt have to look far to find trouble. With lee marvin as monte, jack palance as chet, jeanne moreau as martine, and an ace roster of supporting character actors g. Monte walsh the louis lamour trading post, books, short. A classic about the american west and the life and times of one tough cowboy, monte walsh. Luckily for him, montes best friend, chet, is always there to post bail or quickly get monte out of town. But it is in monte walsh, first published in 1963, that schaefer finds room to express the breadth of his understanding of and affection for the west of cowboys, cattle drives, cow towns, and. They take a job at the ranch of cal brennan jim davis and meet an old friend shorty mitch ryan.
Men have named their sons monte and chet after reading it. Goodreads members who liked monte walsh also liked. Id call molly gloss the hearts of horses almost a sequel to monte walsh by jack schaefer, and i consider monte walsh one of the perfect. Monte walsh monte walsh audiobook, by jack schaefer.
I have revisited the slash y ranch 6 times since 1990 which was when i started keeping records. Jul 23, 2012 try monte walsh if you havent yet, kaylene. But schaefer takes the horse discussion to extremes. I wish i could assign it to every high school junior in america. Monte walsh read online free book by schaefer, jack in epub,txt. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Of course, even some celebrities have taken to help promote the book. Monte walsh by jack schaefer meet your next favorite book. Monte walsh and chet rollins are longtime cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but nothing they cant do from a horse. Bestknown for his book shane 1949, it was the inspiration for a popular and critically acclaimed movie by the same name. Monte walsh and chet rollins, in army terminology, were buddies.