I'm mighty proud of myself this afternoon. I finished the first segment of the DEVIL MAKE A THIRD Primer. It is an analysis of the first two chapters and its interlude. Here's my conclusion and a link to the blog. 

"In these first two chapters and the interlude, Dougie Bailey establishes most of the characters from which all of the novel's action will emerge and gives the reader a vivid portrait of a railroad boomtown's commercial environment which produces all of the obstacles that the character of Buck Bannon will conquer. There's no idealism or striving for social justice in Devil Make A Third. It is a down-to-earth story of how one country boy leaves home to move to a strange place armed only with a $20 gold coin and an optimism which allows him to confront everything that stands in the way of his progress and to overcome every challenge." https://privatepropertynotrespass.blogspot.com/