Some more observations. Keith used guns regularly while working as a younger man. As a rancher he had the opportunity to use his guns as tools...and experience like that is rare, both back then and today. O'Connor hit the field a lot, but his use of guns was always as a sportsman, and not as an outdoor person in his everyday working life. O'Connor however, was the better wordsmith by far. He used words like an artist uses a paintbrush. Keith's style, though interesting to me, did lack the finesse of O'Connor. He told a story like he was talking to you, and it worked well for him. But that's the difference between a a man who spent his formative years as a cowboy in Montana and one who spend them in college earning an English degree, albeit hunting whenever possible.
