Richard Davis 1944
1 book in the catalogue, published 1999.
Richard Davis wrote A Man to Cross Rivers With, a historical novel about Gunnison County sheriff Doc Shores. It is the one Richard Davis book in the Western Reflections catalogue.
About Richard Davis
We know Richard Davis through this book. Our catalogue lists it as a 1999 novel, and its description says it fictionalizes the frontier life of a lawman who rose from a Michigan farm to become one of the most respected sheriffs in Gunnison County. We could not find a verified biography of the author, and a common name makes guessing unwise, so we have not written one.
What the books share
The book's setting is the Western frontier, with Doc Shores traveling from Montana to Kansas and Texas before he settles in Gunnison, Colorado. Its subjects, as catalogued, are fiction, frontier and pioneer life, and sheriffs. Davis chose a real person as his central character and filled the gaps with invention, which is the usual approach for a historical novel built on a lawman's career.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Following one route state by state
Pick one of the three states and spend an evening with its resource above. Searching for sheriffs or frontier law is a simple place to begin, and each site has its own search box.
Checking a legend against records
A novel about a real lawman invites questions. Note any date or event from the book that surprised you, then look for it in Kansas Memory or the Montana catalog.
Reading beyond one author
We found no verified biography for the author, so a reader curious about the man behind the novel may want to browse our /library/ pages for similar frontier books by other writers.
Go deeper
The sheriff in the novel travels through Montana, Kansas and Texas before reaching Gunnison. Each state's historical society offers its own research tools for a reader curious about those frontier years.
Montana Historical Society Research
The society's research pages offer a catalog, finding aids for manuscript collections, a reference room and a research request service.
Kansas Memory
The Kansas Historical Society's online collection can be browsed by topic such as crime and punishment, railroads and the 1870s and 1880s.
Texas State Historical Association
The association's site includes the Handbook of Texas and the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, among other resources on Texas history.
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