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This mildly diverting western concerns a desperate flight in a broken-down coach from the rough-and-tumble Montana goldfield towns of Alder Gulch and Virginia City, where road agents--highwaymen, bushwackers, thugs--make travel hazardous. While you can make a fortune in this hardbitten territory, you'd better not try to leave town with it. Nevertheless, doughty miner Aristotle Scrimshaw, Professor Randolph Figaro, an honest gambler, and Angelica Ramirez, a whorehouse madame with a heart (and 600 pounds) of gold, have their reasons for decamping. Fortitude Hays and Calvin Creed help fix up a coach and borrow a team to make an unscheduled run for it. Once nefarious characters get wind of the treasure (totaling a hard-to-tote half-ton of gold dust), the travelers are attacked and harassed all along the treacherous coach route. Though plot twists and mounting tension move toward a heartwarming finale, Wheeler's ( Dodging Red Cloud ) dialogue rings hollow, stock characters ''retort'' and ''guffaw'' overmuch and disbelief--present from early on--finally triumphs.
This mildly diverting western concerns a desperate flight in a broken-down coach from the rough-and-tumble Montana goldfield towns of Alder Gulch and Virginia City, where road agents--highwaymen, bushwackers, thugs--make travel hazardous. While you can make a fortune in this hardbitten territory, you'd better not try to leave town with it. Nevertheless, doughty miner Aristotle Scrimshaw, Professor Randolph Figaro, an honest gambler, and Angelica Ramirez, a whorehouse madame with a heart (and 600 pounds) of gold, have their reasons for decamping. Fortitude Hays and Calvin Creed help fix up a coach and borrow a team to make an unscheduled run for it. Once nefarious characters get wind of the treasure (totaling a hard-to-tote half-ton of gold dust), the travelers are attacked and harassed all along the treacherous coach route. Though plot twists and mounting tension move toward a heartwarming finale, Wheeler's ( Dodging Red Cloud ) dialogue rings hollow, stock characters ''retort'' and ''guffaw'' overmuch and disbelief--present from early on--finally triumphs.
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Hardback Editions
November 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 0-517-09427-4 / 978-0-517-09427-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Value Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
April 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 0-89621-964-X / 978-0-89621-964-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1989 : Hardback
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 0-87131-560-2 / 978-0-87131-560-1 (USA edition) Publisher: M. Evans & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard Wheeler ISBN: 0-595-32907-1 / 978-0-595-32907-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Backinprint.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1991 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 0-8125-1297-9 / 978-0-8125-1297-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
May 2005 : Audio CD
| Title: Fool's Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 1-59607-062-5 / 9781596070622 (USA edition) Publisher: Books In Motion Availability: Amazon More details... |
1995 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Fools Coach Author(s): Richard S. Wheeler ISBN: 1-887546-00-6 / 9781887546003 (USA edition) Publisher: Pegasus Availability: Amazon More details... |
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