“Historical adventures, historical fiction, and narrative history are all journeys of the body, soul and heart. At least the ones in my heart are,” says Win Blevins.
“All the peoples of the West enrapture me, except for the stereotypes of the shoot-’em ups. The first fur trappers, the wagon emigrants, the Alaskan gold-seekers, the Basque sheepherders, and especially my contemporaries in today’s West, from the people of Albuquerque and Zuni, from red to white, from yellow to black, from Mexican to Mormon—I am fascinated by them all.
“I love to write and read books about the original America, the West before the wagon trains and cattle herds got in the way. This West is one of my heart’s havens.
“I have run her rivers and guided people along her currents and through her rapids. I have climbed her demanding mountains and was almost taken by one. I’ll keep hiking to ruins, smelling the desert and alpine air, wading the creeks, listening to the wolves howl.
“The whole West makes me howl. Experiences of the old, old West, the fascination of today’s the West, records of how Westerners talk, travel books, fantasies, and spiritual journeys of drum and dance—I live them all, I read them all, and I write them all. My books and screenplays speak my love for these places and people.”
