Nickel-Plated Dream

by Lodge, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781933016306
• ISBN10: 1933016302
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

This exciting adventure blends teenage restlessness with cowboy thrills while paying tribute to the Western stars and movie sets of the late 1950's. ?The Kid??a 20th Century lad with a stubborn wish that he?d been born a 19th Century gunfighter and his faithful companion?an eccentric Indian called ?Indian, ? embark on an odyssey that takes them from John Wayne's set of The Alamo in Texas to Opening Day at the Old Tucson Western Movie-Set Amusement Park in Arizona. Their escapades lead them to California's celebrated Corriganville Movie Ranch?the Universal Studios Tour of its day. The Kid quickly learns the ropes by testing both his love and his courage. Acting out famous historical gunfights for the throngs of paying tourists brings The Kid closer to his dreams?and to death. Nickel-Plated Dream is loosely based upon the author's recollections of 1959 when he was a 16-year-old gunfighter/stuntman at the then-world-famous Corriganville Movie Ranch Attraction near Hollywood.

Author Biography

Stephen Lodge's writing credits include co-writer of Kenny Rogers' only down-and-dirty Western epic, the CBS Movie of the Week, Rio Diablo, co-starring Travis Tritt, Naomi Judd and Stacy Keach. His first major Motion Picture screenwriting credit was for the United Artists feature, The Honkers, starring James Coburn and Anne Archer and Kingdom of the Spiders, starring Star Trek's William Shatner, a late night TV cult horror classic.