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Clifton
Adams wrote quite a bit of Western fiction about the oil boom in
Oklahoma Territory in the early Twentieth Century, and his novel BOOMER,
published by Perma Books in 1957 under the pseudonym Clay Randall, is a
prime example of that. Joe Grant (an alias) is on the run from the law
after robbing a bank in Missouri. He's not a hardened owlhoot but rather
a farmer who was cheated out of his land by the banker he held up. Fate
leads Grant to lend a helping hand to a beautiful blonde who's on her
way to an oilfield boom town in Oklahoma. Grant goes with her, figuring
he can hide out there. It won't come as any surprise to experienced
Western readers that Grant soon finds himself in even more trouble. The
blonde's father is a wildcatter who's engaged in a war with another
oilman. Throw in murder, a romantic triangle, a deadly hired gun, a
doggedly determined U.S. marshal on the trail of the bank robber, and a
blue norther, and you've got yourself the makings of a fine traditional
Western. Adams' work is always notable for its bleak, hardboiled prose
that verges on poetry in places, and there's plenty of that in BOOMER as
the ugly landscape and the perilous weather are portrayed in stark,
vivid terms. Adams also knew the oil business well and provides just
enough detail about it without going overboard on the subject. His
characters are realistic, with plenty of flaws, and he has the knack of
making the reader care about them. He's one of the best of the
hardboiled Western writers and deserves more of a reputation than he has
these days. If you've never read his work, BOOMER would be a fine place
to start.
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