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THIS RAW, RED LAND
2004 Oklahoma Book Awards
Durant OK
I really enjoyed the Raw Red book....You did an excellent job of portraying life back in 1907.---Dolores White Kiser, Author Papa's Vow
Ardmore OK
...some great reading...you get so caught up in the lives and times of the people, you can hardly put the book down because you can easily put yourself back in those times.---Butch Bridges, March 23, 2006 This & That Newsletter Volume 9 Issue 424
Ada OK
Fabulous clean heartwarming reading... Well written, easy to read, fast moving.
Frisco TX
I enjoyed reading This Raw, Red Land and I want to order your new one.
Lawrence KS
We so enjoyed This Raw, Red Land. We look forward to the new one.
Oklahoma City OK
...a really good book. I can see a TV series out of it.
Bowie TX
...had a hard time putting [it] down till it was finished.
Marietta OK
...a truly wonderful book! I was crying by the end. Your account of life during that time period was both accurate and charmingly presented.
Brentwood CA
...such good reading that I hated for it to end. Tell John a big thank you for encouraging you to write it.
Enterprise AL
Jim and I thoroughly enjoyed This Raw, Red Land. I like your style--your word usage and characters.
Oklahoma City OK
It was realistic and I could relate to some of it.
Davis OK
...learned a great deal from it. I could tell you did a lot of research.
Andrews TX
...find it to be very professionally written and very realistic, despite its being fictional.
Orange CA
I loved the characters. I’m one of 6 children so I could really relate.
In 1906 Matt Conover moved his family of ten from Texas to Indian Territory to keep his son Buford out of jail. A year later Ben returns from Texas to help his family through the winter before he departs for Texas to live. That night he meets Esther McMasters and falls in love at first sight before he discovers she is his brother Jed’s sweetheart. But Jed has other problems that impact both Ben and Esther.
Buford hasn’t quit his criminal ways and, before the night is over, one brother lies dead from ambush and the family is thrown into such turmoil that Matt is afraid it will send his frail wife, Lillie, back into deep depression. As each adult in the family copes with grief differently, Matt says, "This move up here was probably the worst decision I ever made in my life."
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Reviews
"Shipley does an excellent job of presenting many interesting facets of each of the novel's characters….In an easy-to-read style, Shipley paints vivid word-pictures." Bob Burke—The Oklahoman
"…family saga that honestly depicts life in Oklahoma during the days just before statehood. Homesteading was…not an easy life and Shipley shows the good and the bad. Shipley…combines deft characterizations and a fine use of vernacular…. This Raw, Red Land entertains and informs." Patricia Ann Jones, Tulsa World
"…story could be one you heard at your grandmother’s knee. Shipley incorporates the mores of the period, the clothing, the language, acceptable behavior, taboos and wonderful old frontier traditions. Her descriptive writing and colorful dialogue draw the reader in and keep the pages turning." Larry Russell, Wynnewood Gazette
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