Description
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Who was the mind behind The Lone Ranger? Its 1930s Buffalo, and the Great Depression rages. Playwright Fran Striker needs to write the pilot for a new radio show but, first, he must overcome writers block, defeat a curse, foil a plot to assassinate FDR, and recover stolen diamond rings belonging to alcoholic boxing champion. Who was that masked man? Based on the controversial true-life story of Lone Ranger creator Fran Striker, Yesteryear takes us on a magical journey leading to an icons debut, a show that provided hope to Americans during the countrys darkest days. Populated by characters of the era-radio actor John Barrett, Mafioso Stefano Magaddino, former lightweight champion Jimmy Slattery, and president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt-Eoannous latest novel breathes new life into the immortal Lone Ranger, and the man who struggled to create him, echoing the spirit of W.P. Kinsellas Shoeless Joe, Bernard Malamuds The Natural, Daniel Wallaces Big Fish.
Author: Stephen G. Eoannou
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Santa Fe Writers Project
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.52w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9781951631192
Language: English
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