671, Time Periods of Novels Posted by john555, Fri May-01-20 06:49 PM
Has anyone ever noticed that the time periods for the Sackett stories given in "The Sackett Companion" do not match up too well with the time periods as given in the books themselves? For instance, "The Sackett Companion" gives the period for "The Daybreakers" as 1870 to 1872. In chapter 3 of the book, LL has Tyrel tell the reader "in 1867, the Santa Fe Trail was an old trail." Later, in chapter 14, Tyrel is talking with Tom Sunday and responds to Tom's comment on how long they have known each other with "five years". This all indicates that the Time Period of "The Daybreakers" is 1867 to 1872. My guess for the errors is that LL enjoyed writing the tales a lot more than re-reading them to check dates. (Thank God!) But it can affect the chronological order of the stories for those interested in such.
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