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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1967
Language
English
Description
Lampassas gave up cow punching to be a husband and shopkeeper. But when his wife dies of influenza, the aging cowboy puts on his spurs again. With his 17-year-old son at his side, Lampassas sets off on his own cattle drive. His adventures and misadventures are the stuff classic Westerns are made of, yet the unforgettable characters and gentle wisdom set this novel far apart from the herd. North to Yesterday won the 1968 Award for Fiction from the...
2) The son
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Comanche Indian captive Eli McCullough must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong -- a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.
Author
Publisher
Owl Canyon Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A Christian missionary with a troubled past tracks his wayward, alcoholic father to the lawless wilds of present-day Guatemala, a land beset by violent gangs, political corruption, and crushing poverty. It is also an easy place to get killed. The sudden interest of a rogue's gallery of local gangsters will make the father-son reunion more dangerous than either could have imagined. A gritty thriller about family and solitude, travel and home, cynicism...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 159
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
5) Snake Island
Author
Publisher
Arcade CrimeWise
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
" In an isolated town on the coast of southern Australia, Vernon Moore and his wife, Penelope, live in retirement, haunted by an unspeakable act of violence that sent their son, Caleb, to serve time in prison and has driven the couple apart. Ashamed, they refuse to talk about him or visit, but when a close friend warns Vernon that Caleb has been savagely beaten, he has no choice but to act to protect their only child. The perpetrator of the beating...
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