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Johnny Boggs, western writer, winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America
Johnny Boggs, western writer, winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America
Three-Time Spur Award Winner
Winner of the Western
Heritage Wrangler Award

 
Western Fiction, Historical Fiction, old west, wild west
"Boggs deftly switches voice, cadence and syntax without missing one hoofbeat in a grab-you-by-the throat, dare-you-to-put-this-down read." -- Western & English Today

"With a keen ear for the distinctive voice of each storyteller, the author offers a fast-moving and strangely poignant tale that never pauses to rest.” -- The Denver Post

“... masterfully recounted. ... Boggs tells the story ... with an authority that sometimes makes you forget it’s a novel.” -- Santa Fe New Mexican

"... a vibrant retelling of the Old West's most notorious and deadly bank robbery flop.” -- Publishers Weekly


"Boggs is among the best western writers at work today."
          ---  Booklist
Northfield
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Northfield
A Western Story
Five Star, 2007
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Charles Favour - Santa Fe, NM
WINNER OF THE MILTON F. PERRY AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
AS BEST BOOK OF 2007
2008 SPUR AWARD FINALIST, BEST WESTERN SHORT NOVEL
     On September 7, 1876, an outlaw gang of Missouri bandits including Jesse James, Frank James and Cole Younger attempted to rob the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, with disastrous consequences. In a unique, compelling approach, author Johnny D. Boggs shifts perspectives from one first-person account to another, allowing participants -- both outlaws and Minnesotans -- describe the bloody robbery, as well as the events leading to it and its aftermath.
    Boggs brings the past alive -- providing insight into figures such as the James and Younger brothers, outlaw Clell Miller, heroic Northfield defenders, innocent victims and even Lizzie May Heywood, five-year-old daughter of the famed teller slain by bandits during the robbery.
    Full of suspense, drama, crisp dialogue and details unearthed by meticulous research, Northfield is a literary tour de force from one of the most authentic voices of the American frontier.