The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran (played by Joel Higgins) who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid.
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Sam's family was made up of his Southern belle wife, Elvira (played by Carlene Watkins) and his smart-mouthed son, Daniel (Meeno Peluce).
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The cast also included Leonard Frey as the villain Parker Tillman, Tom Ewell as the drunken town doctor Jerome Kullens, and Tracey Walter as Tillman's clueless, but kind-hearted henchman, Frog Rothchild, Jr.
Work originally printed in the Sonora Review has appeared in Best of the West and Best American Poetry, and has won O. Henry Awards and Pushcart Prizes.
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He was a member of the 1999 Prep Star All-American team, a second-team All-State choice, and a member of the "Best of the West" by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
This record was set by Abandoned Ship, 72 by 48 inch oil painting on board sold December 13, 2007, at Best of the West Auctions (Colorado Springs, Colorado).
She is the author of Best of the West (1992), Sacred Ground (1996), Carbon Dreams (2001), and co-author with Geoffrey Eglinton and Jurgen Rullkötter of Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History (2009).