I'd also like to say that it's really pretty slick the way your dad created three separate storylines about three families interacting over the decades with only one (as far as I've seen) error. And when you include the books where Sacketts are just mentioned or show up for supporting roles, that's 32 books (And two short stories). I like to include them all because when you do, you get a bigger picture of the West of the Sacketts. For example, in "Booty for a Badman", you learn that Tell left home at 14, joined the Union Army at 15, fought Indians for 4 years and at 19 headed to Arizona to prospect for gold. In "Griselda", he finds gold but as we learn in "Comstock Lode", the discoverer rarely gets rich. In "Dark Canyon", he has moved on to Utah for a short time and then heads east for Texas where he was probably the Sackett who inspired folks in "Chancy" to head west. Then, in 1873, the story for "Sackett" starts with him leaving Texas. I know this is pretty wordy, but point being, I think your dad was really, really good at maintaining the integrity of his overall storyline.

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