A humor novel by Gene Cox
Sheriff Molly, is a constant chuckle. It tells the story of eleven women searching for direction in their lives. They find that when you are possessed by a concept, demons follow. These women decide to try the expected life styles that were dictated to them by their spouse, parents, government, or society. They investigate if this is the way that life should be lived. The setting is a humorous and role reversed old west. Their adventures are played out in group struggles: Indian – Cavalry, outlaw – sheriff, husband – wife, and drunk – society. This novel is light, fast paced, and totally original in style. Above the story arcs the book is flat out entertaining.
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Meet Sheriff Molly, a woman dedicated to keeping the law in Gunbarrel. Faster at the draw and as dedicated as John Wayne, she is constantly in pursuit of Virginia Steel, Texas’ most notorious cattle rustler. Virginia is head of the Lone Star Cattle Rustlers Association. Virginia’s gang, Steel’s Steer Stealers, devise one plan after another to rustle cattle from Texas largest ranch, owned by Ma Barker. Ms. Barker and her daughters, with the help of Sheriff Molly and her deputy, Holy Hell Holly, persistently pit their wits against Virginia Steel.
Meet the Indians, Squatting Elephant, Dancing Deer, and their mother, Chief Sitting Cow, who only want to live in peace. They manage to make ends meet by selling spirit weed to the cavalry. Their problem is Captain Godsby, head of Detachment A. Along with Sergeant Bell and Private Honnicut, Captain Godsby’s assignment is to rid the world of Indian evils. However, the Indians do not agree that it is the white woman’s land. The battle for territory is personalized by the competition between Sergeant Bell and Dancing Deer. Sergeant Bell wants to be a model and knows she has the body and looks. Dancing deer thinks she is the most beautiful and considers herself woman of the year, hence the competition.
Meet the twins, the town drunks. Jamie and Heather are orphans who live by loading wagons in front of Gunbarrel’s store. Their only thought is a bottle. The citizens of Gunbarell, having both disgust and compassion for the orphans, encourage them to clean up their lives. Jamie and Heather are a problem for Sheriff Molly since the owner of Lucky Cowgirl Saloon complains about their panhandling in front of the saloon. Deputy Holly loves the girls. They are her only real friends, and she helps them get booze. Once the girls get something to drink, they look in the window of the saloon at the two bar guys, dreaming of one day being able to be one of the cowgirls inside.
Molly is married, but is not a dutiful wife. Her husband gets fed up with her being married to her job and tells her that it is either him or her job. She realizes that she has a near perfect husband, quits her job, and they move to a ranch to start a new life together.
Jamie and Heather get tired of being broke, looked down upon, and getting into trouble. Sheriff Molly helps them to get a job on Ma Barker’s ranch and they give this new life a shot.
Virginia Steel tires of the illegal life she lives and runs for the sheriff position recently vacated by Molly.
Deciding she has to follow her dreams and be a model, Sergeant Bell runs off to Kansas City. Her mother is devastated since she had tried so hard to get her daughter this job which helped support the family.
The women find that they must follow their own path, not paths of others, even though there are pressures to do so. After seeing that the pressured changes do not work, they and everyone else are now content and happier than ever when they return to their former ways of life.
Sheriff Molly is 65,500 words.
A US Cavalry canoe is chasing a canoe of Indians down a river:
“Beat faster”, the chief tells her daughter. Squatting Elephant, seated in the center of the canoe doubles her drum beat and the braves double their rowing. They pick up speed but the Cavalry is still gaining on them.
“Dancing Deer do something!” The chief commands her other daughter. Dancing Deer stood up on the bow. She undulated, making a figure eight with her perfect rear which she points at the braves, stared provocatively, then put the rest of her curves in motion. Chief Sitting Cow, who was standing in the back of the canoe, arms crossed, full headdress flowing back in the wind, nearly fell out of the canoe as it picked up speed.
A group of cowgirls are drinking coffee at a camp on the bank of the river and see this canoe go by. They have to move back to keep from getting wet by the wake from the canoe.
“Don’t see that everyday”, one says.
Sheriff Molly arrests Virginia Steel in the Lucky Cowgirl Saloon.
“March,” Molly ordered and shoved Virginia ahead. Virginia nearly falls over a table.
“I’m not going to your jail, sheriff. They tell me you torture cowgirls, which is against international and federal laws. Not me, sheriff. I’m not the one.”
“Yah you, Virginia, You’re the one. We can now consider you terrorists.”
“Who said?”
“I did, take her in deputy. You girls get back to your drinkin’ and gambling.”
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Surprisingly Hilarious, a fairly good and entertaining read. Definitely worth 5 bucks…. That’s less than a bar beer!
A hilarious story brilliantly crafted. The start introducing us to several groups of women who are at odds with each other. They learn that their lives has to be lived the way they were supposed to be lived, not the way others want them to live.
I thought “that’s an interesting concept”. Then I read the book. OH MY GOD, did those women ever get their revenge.
Crazy shit, man.