Somewhere along the way, between two miserable stomach surgeries and a successful spinal fusion, I decided to write not one, but three books, thinking anyone can write just one – and discovered anyone can also write three. Then I rekindled my intense interest in the American West, where for many years I was very fortunate to have worked, and began writing about those hardy characters and the tough land on which they lived, struggled, thrived and died. And writing such as:
"May be told by a soldier who is no writer to a reader who is no soldier." – Ambrose Bierce
A Western: 1862-63
A Western: 1863-64
A Western: 1864-65
Churchill's Gold: the Ripples of War
Limey Smokejumper: Fighting Wildfire in the Rockies
Inside the Great Game: the Fight for Oil and Pipelines in Central Asia
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I started Robert Hubble's 'Western 1862-63' and immediately became enchanted with the characters and story. Exciting & suspenseful from the very start, it's a hard book to put down. Having been raised in Montana, and always a student of Western history & geography, I found his knowledge of the events, early personalities and countryside to be impressive and accurate. Even after reading dozens & dozens of books about Western history and culture, I kept learning new facts and things I never knew. I'm halfway thru the 2nd of his 3 books and am so glad there will be another when I finish this one because, although, I keep wondering what will happen next- I don't want the story to end. What a great fascinating read! - Steve Stelling
Good story. He tells it like it is. It sounds like the job is the same, but the politics have changed.... - Don
Robert D. Hubble grew up at a time when people told it as it was, and weren't afraid to. He grew up in a household with grandparents and was grateful then as he is now for that experience. He grew up to be a farmer, leaving his London school at the first opportunity to do so. Immediately after college, however, life forced a change and Robert served as a sapper in Britain's Corps of Royal Engineers. Then, still with a desire to farm, he left England to help run a Midwest dairy farm among the frozen lakes of northern Minnesota, before heading off to the rugged wilds of central Idaho, where he fell in love with the magnificent mountains and the gritty physical work of fighting wildfires. A job that eventually enabled him to experience many years as a U.S. Smokejumper in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. Where he now lives with his wife Christina, who has twice nursed Robert back from the edge and given him time to write these six books.
The original R. Denis Hubble
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