Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-09 | Page 2 | Joe Quail the Author

JOE QUAIL THE AUTHOR An Old Montana Man Writes of Cow Cowboy Cowboy boy hoy Life Butte Miner The following f am amusing sing character sketch of Joseph Quail who was some years ago connected con ted with the Miner lIl er staff in Butte and who is i now a New NewYork York correspondent of this paper ap appears appears appears pears In hi a recent issue of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Joe Quail has written a book Perhaps you do not know the author but newspaper men from frem New York to San Francisco and particularly in i Butte Mont know him well wen Quail stands six feet In his stockings and his genial manners and pleasant face make him welcome everywhere His book is caned called Brockmans Ma lIa Maverick Maverick verick is the condensed experience of many years spent in the west and re reflects refleCts fleets the camp stories of the military PO posts It Is 18 written in terse style with life in every chapter Woven into the rough r action of ranch life Is a love story full of pathos but never dull dun replete with human nature where the incidents come fresh from hearts by the customs of social life in the east The story has hasa a f true western we tern flavor and could be written only by one who had lived the life Joseph Quail has chosen to write trite of scenes with which he Is familiar and has made hi his work extremely inter interesting interesting Interesting esting It will be particularly entertaining to his friends who know of his many trips to the west Whenever Quail got ahead In New N w York he was sure aure to tomake tomake tomake make a trip west wet to te try his luck in inthe inthe inthe the mines and anti he h invariably returned in a year or so broke Every news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper office in New York was open to him and he has held heW some of ot the best positions on the World Journal and Press sometimes city editor and at other times night t editor In a year or two he would be off again to Montana or California having laving saved a thousand or two and would live with ranchmen and miners who supplied the material for his present book Now he is an author and publisher and his success will wUI probably put an end to his western trips unless s he goes there for inspiration for future books