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In Fairlee Winfield’s fascinating novel BUFFALOed, we follow the daily skirmishes of young Norwegian immigrant Ovidia Odegard as she inches her way into the home and life of a real American hero, artist Charlie Russell. It is through Ovidia’s wise-beyond-her-years voice that Winfield brings to life the early 20th Century American West. Revealed as a time when Montana’s cattle industry was suffering and one artist took on a monumental project that nearly buried him alive, Winfield weaves a compelling mixture of fact and fiction, and paints images with her words that carry the reader into a time when only the downright crazy survived. The reader will be thrust into the heart of a young Montana, struggling to find its place in a new America, by a hard-talking young woman telling her story only as she can. Determined to find her place and live life by her own rules, the reader will be drawn to Ovidia’s strength as she not only adapts to what life deals her, but she deals her own deck.

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Product Details:
Author: Fairlee Winfield
Paperback: 292 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: September 17, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 1439200998
Package Length: 7.8 inches
Package Width: 5.2 inches
Package Height: 0.6 inches
Package Weight: 0.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 13 reviews
 
 

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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5Western Tall Tale Contains Timeless Truth  Jul 22, 2009
What do you do when your PREconceptions turn out to be MISconceptions? For some people, the only answer is to take charge and forge your own reality.

That's exactly the premise behind Fairlee Winfield's BUFFALOed, the story of 16-year-old Ovidia Odegard, a Norwegian immigrant lured from her homeland by her own wanderlust and vision of a better life. At first, Ovidia journeys to Boston to work for her uncle as an indentured servant. But glimpses into the legendary American West - views afforded by the media of the day - destine her for a new Western path, in which Ovidia is initially blinded by wide-eyed idealism.

Only Ovidia's idealism quickly fades against the tawdry backdrop of the West as she never envisioned it: one of wannabe Eastern society, commercialization of the American Indian, and wanton opportunism.. So when Ovidia realizes that her employer and friend - the famed cowboy artist Charlie Russell - is destined to self-destruct his own singular opportunity for greatness, Ovidia hatches her own plan to help him succeed - and help perpetrate the greatest art fraud in the history of the American West.

Filled with characters colorful enought to stand out from the frontier's wild backdrop, BUFFALOed is a story not just of cowboy culture, the immigrant experience, and art - though it's certainly a tale of all of these. Most importantly, it's the story of what we do - and who we choose to become - when the world around us fails to live up to its own promise.

Read - and enjoy!


1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5Pulling the Wool Over Their Eyes  Apr 26, 2009
What if a famous Montana mural was really a forgery?

Author Fairlee Winfield asks the question "What If?" and comes up with an intriguing story, based on stories from her grandmother who was a house maid for famous Montana Cowboy Artist Charles M. Russell. It's always challenging to take on a legend and question history, and Fairlee has done a good job of relating a realistic story through the maid's eyes. I enjoyed the book and recommend it to all who enjoy Montana historicals.

Heidi Thomas, Cowgirl Dreams

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4A matter of perspective.  Feb 16, 2009
Who was the artist of the mural in the Montana State House? The acclaimed Cowboy Artist, Charlie Russell or another? Only three people know for sure. Fairlee Windfield's Buffaloed explores the west and the private life of Charlie Russell through the eyes of Norwegian immigrant, Ovidia Odegard and draws the reader through a well developed plot that has a delightful twist to its denouement. Charley's Choice: The Life and Times of Charley Parkhurst

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5Charlie Russell Raw  Feb 16, 2009

An excellent smooth read with vivid characters.
This is the story of the rough spoken Charlie Russell briefly described by my great uncle Halsey Watson in his memoirs as editor of the Lewistown newspaper.
Charlie Russell and his wife are a lot more interesting here than the sanitized version so often portrayed. I highly recommend this book set in a time of our western history too rarely used in fiction.



1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5A flowing read from start to finish, "Buffaloed" is great novel of the old west  Feb 12, 2009
The West wasn't nearly as romantic as it was depicted to be. "Buffaloed" follows Ovidia Odegard, a new immigrant to the United States in the early twentieth century. Finding herself under the wing of famed old Western artist Charlie Russel, Ovidia learns quickly about the harsh truth of the old west, and does so in a delightful fashion. A flowing read from start to finish, "Buffaloed" is great novel of the old west.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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