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Writer, Horseman, Fly Fisherman
SHE’S GOT IT centers on “the price of fame,” showcasing both its allure and the destructive risks it entails. It charts the tumultuous life of Clara Bow, a quintessential figure of Hollywood’s Silent Films, from her impoverished beginnings to her rise as an iconic actress and decline into personal turmoil. (Read sample on Novel Excerpts page)
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About The Author
Rod McFain Author
Rod McFain is the author of Hard Goodbyes, Crossing the Crazy Woman, Pursuit, The Magnificent Maggie, and She’s Got It. Rod is a member of the Historical Writers of America and Western Writers of America.
The summer after fifth grade, his parents took him on vacation to Estes Park, Colorado, and Rod knew he belonged in the mountains. He and his Ali MacGraw look-alike wife, Linda, live in a beautiful mountain valley in Idaho with three fine horses and a Jack Russell terrier.
Crafting Shadows
When writing historical fiction the writer gets to delve into the influences that shape the artistic and philosophical underpinnings of our world.
Embracing
Embracing our past goes beyond pulling back a dusty veil. It extends into the very spaces we now inhabit.
Writing
By writing period fiction, the writer can reflect on the moody, intellectual, and hard times of those who came before us, enriching our current atmosphere and inspiring our minds. Reading the genre can transform your living room, den, or study into an entirely new world of unbounded knowledge.
About The Book
SHE'S GOT IT
SHE’S GOT IT centers on “the price of fame,”
showcasing both its allure and the destructive risks
it entails. It charts the tumultuous life of Clara Bow,
a quintessential figure of Hollywood’s Silent Films,
from her impoverished beginnings to her rise as an
iconic actress and decline into personal turmoil.
More from Rod McFain...
About The Book
THE MAGNIFICENT MAGGIE
The Roaring 20s . . . It was a marvelous time to be alive, a decade of prosperity, social and political change, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Hemingway, the Jazz Age, and the lost generation.
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Pursuit
The year is 1874. Gray Wehr is a complex man, an enigma. Saddled with a deserved but unsought reputation, he longs for a quiet life, a chance to make amends. Gray wants no part of it, but his past life won’t die. When an old friend comes seeking a savior, he faces an agonizing decision.
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Crossing The Crazy Woman
The time is 1868, and a treaty between the American Government and the Sioux Nation threatens the long-established home of settlers in the Bighorn Mountains.
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Hard Goodbyes
The year is 1860. Ally Hart is a strong woman, but overseeing a lonely ranch near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, isn’t what she had in mind when she married. After her husband’s death, it’s all that’s left.
Novel Excerpts
As a brutal heatwave clenched New York in 1905, with temperatures soaring, the city streets seared under the merciless sun, a girl was born into tragedy. Her father was a shiftless failure, inadequate at providing for his family. He was a drunk, often described as “strange.” Her mother was mentally ill. Clara Bow was unwanted—and would soon know it.
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SHE’S GOT IT centers on “the price of fame,” showcasing both its allure and the destructive risks it entails. It charts the tumultuous life of Clara Bow, a quintessential figure of Hollywood’s Silent Films, from her impoverished beginnings to her rise as an iconic actress and decline into personal turmoil. (Read sample on Novel Excerpts page)
