Sally Dows vs The gentle desperado: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Fiction
Sally Dows
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What had been in the cool gray of that summer morning a dewy country lane, marked only by a few wagon tracks that never encroached upon its grassy border, and indented only by the faint footprints of a crossing fox or…
The gentle desperado
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The Gentle Desperado is comprised of the following stories, which were originally published in Western Story Magazine and written under the pen name "George Owen Baxter" The Gentle Desperado, The Terrible Tenderfoot,…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The gentle desperado has the widest readership — 12 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Sally Dows | The gentle desperado | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4) | 3.8 (12) |
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Reception
| Sally Dows | The gentle desperado | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 12 |
| Editions | 29 | 9 |
| Pages | 164 | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sally Dows or The gentle desperado?
Sally Dows has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sally Dows 3.8/5, The gentle desperado 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sally Dows or The gentle desperado?
Sally Dows is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Sally Dows (164 pages, ≈ 3 h 02 m); The gentle desperado (195 pages, ≈ 3 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: Sally Dows or The gentle desperado?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sally Dows: Challenging; The gentle desperado: Moderate.