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Bruce Miller (Professor Emeritus), was Head of Acting Programs at the University of Miami for more than 25 years. He is the author of six books on acting and several plays. His books include The Scene Study Book, Actor’s Alchemy, and The Actor as Storyteller, all available on Amazon. He is also the author of more than 100 articles on acting that appeared regularly in Dramatics Magazine and Teaching Theatre. He has been the recipient of the University of Miami’s Excellence in Teaching Award as well as the Educational Theatre Association’s Founders’ Award given for lifetime achievement in educational theatre. He has directed over 50 productions in his career, both professional and educational. He is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, and holds an MFA in Acting from Temple University. He has written several plays and is also a ventriloquist. Dollarado is his first novel.
DOLLARADO
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After his Indian friend and partner is gunned down in the Dollarado territories, the now-cynical Masked Rider and his nephew, Van, pursue Santo’s killers. In a violent and often twisted search for justice, the Masked Man learns that the old ways of decency and goodness no longer work. In a part of the U.S. that has lost its basic American values, the Masked Rider must relearn what it takes to win the fight for justice and bring down the corrupt and autocratic Governor of the Territories. Con-man Hump Powers runs Dollarado with snake-oil charm and a race-baiting formula that appeals to the wounded psyches of those who fought for the lost cause. It is a new early West — one that shatters the vision we learned from the movies and early television.
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“It’s just too much, Van. The West is too big, and the myth of the West is nothing but just that. A big fat terrible lie of a myth."
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Part adventure, part satire, with a tip of the hat to Zane Grey, Cormac McCarthy, and L. Frank Baum, this Western gallops along, working on several levels, and ultimately says something about what we were as a country, and where, unfortunately, we might be heading now.
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Dollarado is pure unadulterated Americana. If you enjoyed following Huck Finn down the Mississippi or for that matter, a good ol' shoot out at high noon, this epic, sweeping novel will give you hours of reading pleasure. Miller's writing is so filmic, so detailed with authenticity, if you are like me, you will want to reread passages over and over again. I don't care who you are or where you've been or come from; this master work makes you feel your kinship with the vernacular and relish the very patina of the Old West as your very own.
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