Vivian Zabel's Tour Includes Malcolm's Round Table

Vivian will stop by Malcolm's Round Table on February 19, 2009 to discuss the Oklahoma Panhandle setting for her new novel PRAIRIE DOG COWBOY.

It's a great story for the 9-12 age group set in 1899 about a boy who wants to be a cowboy more than anything else. A neighbor says he'll hire him when he's good enough to do one thing: rope a prairie dog. (That's not in my skill set.)

Drop by tomorrow if you have a chance.

Thanks,

Malcolm

Sounds like fun, Malcolm. I will try to be there.

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I hope I can remember. I would love to stop by!

I just checked it out, Malcolm. Well done, and it really does sound like a fun book for more than the youngsters.

Vivian wrote most of the copy; it helps prospective readers visualize an important aspect of the novel: place.

Thanks for stopping by.

Malcolm

I missed it, Malcolm, but I know how important setting is to a story. When I read your post, I thought of the old movie, Giant, with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. Talk about a sense of 'place' being important, that was a perfect example.

But a place where a boy can rope a prarie dog? Now that's hard to beat.