The Misadventures of Silk and Shakespeare.

Ottawa, Illinois:: Jameson Books, 1985.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light gray binding with dark blue cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket is not chipped, but is faded at the spine.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket art by Betty J Billups. An historical novel of fur trading in the American west. This is part of the publisher's series, The Frontier Library. ''Here are two of the most improbable mountain men ever to trap beaver in the virgin Rockies. Ronald Smythe (rhymes with scythe), better known as Shakespeare, is a former actor of gargantuan proportion. His sidekick, Tal Jones, better known as Silk, is a rail-thin teenager with the brains that got left out of Shakespeare's head. Between them they get into flabbergasting scrapes. While Silk and Shakespeare are fictional, real historical characters crop up in this light-hearted fur-trade romp.'' In addition to many works of fiction about the west (two Spur Awards), Win Blevins is also the author of The Dictionary of the American West, and the recipient of the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement.