The year is 1840, and young frontiersman Tom Boyd is planning a trip to the Oregon territory. All of that is about to change, because Tom sees a beautiful young woman whom he decides to follow wherever she may go. Her destination is the city of Santa Fe, deep inside the New Mexico territory. Her father, whom she hasn't seen in five years, conducts a trading operation there and she plans to go with her Uncle Joe who is taking several wagonloads of trade goods to his brother. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the last place Tom Boyd ...
Read More
The year is 1840, and young frontiersman Tom Boyd is planning a trip to the Oregon territory. All of that is about to change, because Tom sees a beautiful young woman whom he decides to follow wherever she may go. Her destination is the city of Santa Fe, deep inside the New Mexico territory. Her father, whom she hasn't seen in five years, conducts a trading operation there and she plans to go with her Uncle Joe who is taking several wagonloads of trade goods to his brother. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the last place Tom Boyd should consider visiting, because the leading dignitary of that city has a vengeful grudge against him, and wants him either as a captive, or he wants his minions to "BRING ME HIS EARS"! The Mexican-American War is still six years in the future, and the 13-day battle of The Alamo is four years in the past, and Boyd decides against all reason to travel to Santa Fe as the silent protector of the young woman. Several of Boyd's mountaineer friends decide to accompany him, and adventure follows adventure as they head for the New Mexico territory. The tension mounts and you won't want to put this book down until you've finished Clarence E. Mulford's fantastic tale of adventure and excitement, "BRING ME HIS EARS".
Read Less
Bring Me His Ears is a Clarence Mulford novel from 1922, and is written in a style few will enjoy in this day and age. Sometimes it is hard to follow and understand what Mr. Mulford is saying, especially so, because he uses "western" vernacular to its extreme. An example, "Thar!" he said, explosively. "Hyar we air,an' we ain't a-goin' on ag'in till we kin see th' channel. No, sir, not if we has ter stay hyar a week!" Phonetically spelled words and chopped off words are in nearly every sentence in the dialogue. The copy I am taking this review from, I have owned for more than 30 years; it is a Thrilling Novels published by Popular Library in 1930's, abridged to speed the action. It measures 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches and runs 128 pages. The story involves Tom Boyd who finds himself rescuing Patience Cooper from Manuel Armijo, tyrant governor of New Mexico, who wanted revenge after Patience had rebuffed his advances. The time period for this book is the 1840's before the Mexican-American war when Santa Fe was still under Mexican rule. It is a good enough story and plot line, and has some excellent description of steam boat travel and caravan travel at the time. Had Mr. Mulford only written Hopalong Cassidy and Bar 20 novels it would have been enough to secure his place in publishing history, but his other work is just as good and acceptable reading. Glad he wrote other things.
