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Sweetwater Stagelines: Books by Don Kirk
Welcome to Redrock Canyon Territory: An Old West Resort, Movie Ranch, Entertainment Park, and Open-Air Living History Museum. By Don Kirk
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Collectors 2007 Reprint of 1996 Revised Edition. Contains many fine Pen & Ink illustrations by the author. Originally written as a proprietary business proposal in 1992, it is now a popular... More > manual that can be used as an aid in designing western-themed entertainment venues. It includes creative concepts, thought provoking ideas and facts to consider in developing western parks. For the western fan, this manual is chock-full of general information about life and businesses in the Old West. "Redrock Canyon Territory is a dream world for western movie buffs and fans of the American West. Here they can take a trip to the past and explore all aspects of western popular culture through museum exhibits, books, films, and entertainment of the period. The grandeur of the barren landscape and the rustic, weathered towns of Redrock Canyon Territory envelop the guest in western fact and folklore. Guests step through the silver screen and find themselves inside the world of the Western movie."< Less
Hinsdale: The Summer of '58 By Donald Kirk
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Junior teen novel, tradepaper edition (Hardcover edition also available). The humorous exploits of the author when he was ten years old. Three industrious kids spend their summer getting into all... More > kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, “The Train to Downer’s Grove,” “The Mysterious Talking Board,” “The Soapbox Derby,” ‘Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume,” and “The Candy Machine.” The back cover reads: “[The boys] build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp…Donald, a resourceful inventor, narrates his own story and is destined to become the next Tom Sawyer.”< Less
My Remembrances of Life at Tompkins Barracks By SP4 Kirk
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SP4 Kirk. My Remembrances of Life at Tompkins Barracks. San Antonio: Sweetwater Stagelines, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-9801743-2-8. 168 pages, 6X9 Tradepaper. Includes B&W photos by the author. A memoir.... More > This is a brief look at three years in the life of a college-educated soldier drafted during the Vietnam war. It is one soldier’s experiences, opinions, and frustrations, and the resultant rage he came away with because of his unwillingness to adapt to his situation. He made history with Project Orange Peel, a military protest that should have put him in the stockade. And, while stationed in West Germany, he came to the conclusion that something was horribly wrong with the military system. This book is written for those who were there.< Less
Erika By Donald Keith Kirk
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A science-fiction detective mystery, Tradepaper (softcover) Edition. Hardcover also available. Four world-renowned scientists, once working together, separated now, doing their own research and... More > experimentation because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it’s a “campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek’s R.U.R.” and “a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective.” Erika is “a detective story that marches to its own drummer…marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax.” “You won’t be able to put this book down.”< Less
Erika By Donald Keith Kirk
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A science-fiction detective mystery, Hardcover Edition (softcover also available). Four world-renowned scientists, once working together, separated now, doing their own research and experimentation... More > because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it’s a “campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek’s R.U.R.” and “a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective.” Erika is “a detective story that marches to its own drummer…marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax.” “You won’t be able to put this book down.”< Less
Hinsdale: The Summer of '58 By Donald Kirk
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Junior teen novel, but for all ages, Collector's hardcover edition (paperback also available). The humorous exploits of the author when he was ten years old as three industrious kids spend their... More > summer getting into all kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, “The Train to Downer’s Grove,” “The Mysterious Talking Board,” “The Soapbox Derby,” ‘Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume,” and “The Candy Machine.” The adventurous boys build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp, a wild ride in a homemade soapbox, and a camping trip with a madman on the loose. Adults who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s will also love this book.< Less
Cool Short Stories: Psychodramas with a Twist By Don Kirk
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Softcover Edition. A fun collection of gruesome tales of mystery and the macabre in the style of Twilight Zone and Hitchcock. Stories include "Where Time Stopped," “The Contrarian's... More > Husband,” “The Visitor,” “Redemption in a Watery Grave,” and "100 Ways to Dispose of a Body.” If you like the macabre, the gruesome, the grim, or ghastly, and you like to get in the head of eccentric characters who are a tad off balance and extremely unpredictable, this book is for you. If you like Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, or Tales from the Crypt and you have a healthy but morbid sense of humor, you'll like this book. If you’re not squeamish, sensitive to blood and gore, weak of heart or mind, love a good mystery, and you look forward to the dead of night to devour a good book when the shadows grow frightfully long and dance strangely across your bedroom ceiling, you should definitely read this book. (This book is not for young teens as it contains some violence, R-rated language, and sex.)< Less
Cool Short Stories: Psychodramas with a Twist By Don Kirk
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HARDCOVER EDITION. A fun collection of gruesome tales of mystery and the macabre in the style of Twilight Zone and Hitchcock. Stories include "Where Time Stopped," “The Contrarian's... More > Husband,” “The Visitor,” “Redemption in a Watery Grave,” and "100 Ways to Dispose of a Body.” If you like the macabre, the gruesome, the grim, or ghastly, and you like to get in the head of eccentric characters who are a tad off balance and extremely unpredictable, this book is for you. If you like Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, or Tales from the Crypt and you have a healthy but morbid sense of humor, you'll like this book. If you’re not squeamish, sensitive to blood and gore, weak of heart or mind, love a good mystery, and you look forward to the dead of night to devour a good book when the shadows grow frightfully long and dance strangely across your bedroom ceiling, you should definitely read this book. (This book is not for young teens as it contains some violence, R-rated language, and sex.)< Less
Discovery Bay By Donald Kirk
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A Young Detectives Mystery™ for junior teens. Trade paper, Pen &Ink illustrations by the author. Jason Lockwood and Wendy Masterson meet in a small fishing village called Crab Creek and are... More > thrown into a mystery brimming with thrilling action and wild adventures as they, along with a raucous old seafaring captain, try to discover the secret of the haunted Skull Island. For all boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, who like thrilling adventure stories and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys-type mysteries. Includes glossary of nautical terms. Reviews: "Great, fun novel for kids who like to lay in bed at night and read." and "I couldn't put the thing down, read it straight through and I'm 73."< Less
Discovery Bay By Donald Kirk
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A Young Detectives Mystery™ for junior teens. Hardcover edition. Pen & Ink illustrations by the author. Jason Lockwood and Wendy Whitecastle meet in a small fishing village called Crab... More > Creek and are thrown into a mystery brimming with thrilling action and wild adventures as they, along with a raucous old seafaring captain, try to discover the secret of the haunted Skull Island. For all boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, who like thrilling adventure stories and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys-type mysteries. Includes glossary of nautical terms. Reviews: "Great, fun novel for kids who like to lay in bed at night and read." and "I couldn't put the thing down, read it straight through and I'm 73."< Less