Adventurer for hire Neal Fargo is working in early Hollywood silent movies when a starlet convinces him to accompany her to Alaska to look for a wayward, prospecting husband. In short order they are knee deep in snow and villains in John Benteen's Alaska Steel.
Alaska Steel is in Benteen's Fargo series, which at first glance appears to be a Western but is really more accurately Men's Adventure, a category of the rough-and-tumble pulp of the 60s and 70s where men were men and guns were well described.
I have liked everything I have come across by Benteen, even though his writing is definitely a product of its time. This one features several scenes that would be objectionable by contemporary standards whereas a good smack and some rough lovemaking can cure most of a woman's ills.
But the writing is tough and crisp and the adventure fast-moving. I bought this in a big handful of Fargo novels at a flea market and consumed this one quickly.
Alaska Steel is in Benteen's Fargo series, which at first glance appears to be a Western but is really more accurately Men's Adventure, a category of the rough-and-tumble pulp of the 60s and 70s where men were men and guns were well described.
I have liked everything I have come across by Benteen, even though his writing is definitely a product of its time. This one features several scenes that would be objectionable by contemporary standards whereas a good smack and some rough lovemaking can cure most of a woman's ills.
But the writing is tough and crisp and the adventure fast-moving. I bought this in a big handful of Fargo novels at a flea market and consumed this one quickly.
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