tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post112145387909964787..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Bad Money -- Ed GormanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-53831178443009466172007-09-12T17:15:00.000-05:002007-09-12T17:15:00.000-05:00Here is my Amazon.com review as a Denverite. "I wa...Here is my Amazon.com review as a Denverite. <BR/><BR/>"I was excited to read a western starring a Secret Service agent, not cowboys or Texas Rangers -- especially since it takes place in my city. But the author ignores Denver's history and geography altogether. The story is set in 1887. Denver was founded in 1858, suffered from several natural disasters in the 1860s, and got a railroad spur in 1870. Colorado became a state in 1876, just before a silver boom brought even more wealth to the new capitol. Yet Ed Gorman ignores all this. He only describes a boomtown with sprawling slums where the state capitol now stands!?! The hero, Dev, spends more time remembering his pre-war crimes than following clues to find the counterfeiter's printing press. Worse, every woman in this non-historic story wears jeans instead of dresses with wide bustles!" <BR/><BR/>I have written the author about these details....Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846849841519118322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1121480856714670732005-07-15T21:27:00.000-05:002005-07-15T21:27:00.000-05:00A check for five million dollars in bogus Yankee c...A check for five million dollars in bogus Yankee currency is on its way to you for that plug tonight. Thanks, Bill. I really appreciate. EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com