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    Ghost Moon

    By John Wilson

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    In the second installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy, Ghost Moon follows young James Doolen's story after he discovers the terrible truth about his father in Written in Blood. The year is 1878, and young Jim is not yet ready to return to Canada. Instead he heads up to New Mexico in hopes of finding work and building a life. On the way he meets Bill Bonney (later to be known as Billy the Kid), who takes him to a ranch south of the town of Lincoln, where they both find work as cowboys. Little does Jim know that he is about to get caught up in a vicious battle for the lucrative army contracts with nearby Fort Stanton. As the violence explodes around him, Jim becomes a helpless witness to cold-blooded murder and watches as Bill swears revenge and leads a gang of killers into the hills. However hard he tries, Jim can't escape the violence and is finally drawn into its bloody conclusion on the streets of Lincoln.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781554698813
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    John Wilson

    Qualified in agricultural science, medicine, surgery and psychiatry, Dr John Wilson practised for thirty-seven years, specialising as a consultant psychiatrist. In Sydney, London, California and Melbourne, he used body-oriented therapies including breath-awareness, and re-birthing. He promoted the ‘Recovery Model of Mental Health’ and healing in general. At Sydney University, he taught in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, within the School of Public Health. He has worked as Technical Manager of a venture-capital project, producing health foods in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Dissenting from colonial values, he saw our ecological crisis as more urgent than attending urban distress. Almost thirty years ago, instead of returning to the academy, he went bush, learning personal downsizing and voluntary simplicity from Aboriginal people. Following his deepening love of the wild through diverse ecologies, he turned eco-activist, opposing cyanide gold mining in New South Wales and nuclear testing in the Pacific. Spending decades in the Australian outback, reading and writing for popular appreciation, he now fingers Plato, drawing on history, the classics, art, literature, philosophy and science for this book about the psychology of ecology – eco-psychology – about the very soul of our ecocidal folly.

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    • 3/5
      Ghost Moon is story of historical fiction based on the events of the Lincoln County War, an 1878 range war that introduced to history such characters as John Chisum, Pat Garret and William (Billy the Kid) Bonney. Author John Wilson clearly loves history and has done a fine job of researching the events he writes about. Unfortunately, his writing style is somewhat clunky and mechanical which detracted some from my enjoyment.The main character is Canadian youth Jim Doolan who was recently returned from a trip to Mexico in search of his father. While searching for a new adventure he meets Bill Bonney and sets off a chain of events that often threatens to terminate Jim’s adventures sooner than he would wish. Jim is the stolid dependable sort that you would want your daughter to date but he doesn’t make for very exciting reading. Billy the Kid, however, is portrayed as a volatile, almost bipolar character that easily fits the image that many of us have of this violent yet charismatic young man. It is this personality, caroming wildly through New Mexico that serves as a catalyst for much of the violence that takes place. While most of the events and the dialog are fairly true to the period there was one word Wilson used regularly that I found somewhat anachronistic, namely the frequent use of the word ‘Hispanic’. I know this book is directed at younger teens and that one should strive to be sensitive to diverse cultures but this story takes place in 1878, only a generation after this land and its residents were governed by Mexico. I have a hard time imagining anybody referring to the Latino characters in the story as anything but Mexican. It is not a derogatory term and, even if it were, I never thought that Billy the Kid earned high marks for political correctness.Ghost Moon is ostensibly the second book in a trilogy but from what I can gather, not having read the first book, the only connection between the two is that the main character is in both and that he occasionally refers to the events in the first book. The title refers to the name of a Mescalero Apache warrior who appears only briefly so it is possible that he will serve as a link to the third book. Personally, I found the references to the events in book one added nothing but distractions to the plot of this book. To sum up, Ghost Moon is a mildly entertaining work of historical fiction that will appeal to younger teens interested in the history of the American West. *Quotations are cited from an advanced reading copy and may not be the same as appears in the final published edition. The review copy of this book was obtained from the publisher via the LibraryThing Early Reviewer Program.
    • 4/5
      I don’t think I’ve explored the Western genre before this story. There’s not enough of the time period to hold my interest enough for a return to that time period, but I did enjoy this particular story. What saved this book from total oblivion was the promise of a backstory, a promise that did not fully materialize. I’ll let others, more knowledgeable about the time period, comment on the historical accuracy of the details, but some of the plot seemed overly contrived.Overall, a three and a half star read. It is entertaining, but entertaining in the same sense a typical campfire story is entertaining. There is no lasting impression made and when you wake up in the morning, you’ve totally forgotten what you heard the night before.
    • 3/5
      It took me awhile and a couple of starts to get into this book, but once I did it was an okay read obviously aimed at boys in the Grade 5-9 range. The second of a trilogy, it follows the adventures of a young Canadian boy who originally went to the United States to find his father. In Ghost Moon, he gets caught up with the infamous Billy the Kid and a band of renegade Old West outlaws who he at first befriends until he realizes that they are nothing but trouble.An overall good plot but personally I couldn't really feel for the characters.
    • 4/5
      What a pleasant surprise! I acquired this story as an ARC through LibraryThing Early Reviewers and liked it very much. This, along with the first book of the series ("Written in Blood"), is really interesting and immerses the reader in the landscape as well as the character's lives. I think my 11-year-old son will enjoy the stories as well, especially since they make history come to life. I'll be looking forward to the last book of the trilogy.
    • 3/5
      Ghost moon is the second installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy. Much like the previous reviewer, I have not yet read the first book though it is indicative of the tightness of the plot that I plan to go back and read it. The book details the rise of Billy the Kid and the Regulators and the fall of order in New Mexico during the late 19th century. The story is carried by a fictional observer. There is a strong basis of historical research to the story which adds authority to the narrative. The text is fluid and the dialogue is entertaining. The book is an easy read but presents its conflicts in an engaging manner.The biggest drawback to the book is the tone. At times, the narrative is comical in a dark sense but comical nonetheless. Other times it is dry, others it is blunt, others find it overly descriptive. While it is not off-putting to the point of putting the book down, it does come across as the author being slightly confused in how he wanted to portray his story. The text can go from Hemingway-esque abbreviated sentences to overly grandiose use of adjectives within a chapter. It takes away from the overall flow of the story but again does not interfere with the book's impact and enjoyment.Ghost Moon is a page turner and one whose strengths encourage the reader to follow the series.
    • 4/5
      Ghost moon is the second installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy. Although I did not read the first book, I found Ghost Moon to be very engaging. Aside from the incorporation of interesting historical content, I really appreciated Wilson's ability to develop each character in the story. Billy the Kid's vengeful and murderous personality is portrayed through his dialogues, actions, and the discrete details that Wilson includes. Jim, the protagonist, has a strong voice throughout the book. Not only did I enjoy the action-packed story, I appreciated the historical relevance and Wilson's overall great writing.