The Way of the EagleSunstone Press, 2003 - Всего страниц: 332 Both of these short novels take place in the sun-baked, rattle-naked American Southwest of the 1870s. A small town called Paco serves as their common setting; and both stories are told in the first person by a Paco townsman, Sam McCallum. A number of the town's characters appear in both tales, and the struggle to achieve some viable sense of community justice underlies the action of each. The first novel deals with a capital crime and its effects on the people of Paco. The second tells of a peace officer whose rough but efficient ways incur the hatred of the town he serves. Here, in a milieu usually thought to be dominated by men, each novel features a distinct female character who, in her own way, could teach the angels (if not the men around her) a lesson in love and courage. NED CONQUEST obtained his B.A. from Princeton and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for two years' study at Oxford where he received the degrees of B.A. and M.A. in English Language and Literature. He attended Harvard Law School, from which he received the LL.B. degree, and practiced law in New York City for three years before returning to Princeton, where he earned his Ph.D. in English Literature. Later he taught English at Georgetown University, specializing in Victorian fiction. He presently lives in Washington, D.C. |
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... Paco serves as their common setting ; and both stories are told in the first person by a Paco townsman , one Sam McCallum . A number of the town's characters appear in both tales , and the struggle to achieve some viable sense of ...
... Paco serves as their common setting ; and both stories are told in the first person by a Paco townsman , one Sam McCallum . A number of the town's characters appear in both tales , and the struggle to achieve some viable sense of ...
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... Paco . Across it housefronts faced each other like cards in a giant poker game . Sadie and he looked slivery small as they came along between - human chips in a game whose rules we could only guess . " A Woman , a Dog , and a Hanging ...
... Paco . Across it housefronts faced each other like cards in a giant poker game . Sadie and he looked slivery small as they came along between - human chips in a game whose rules we could only guess . " A Woman , a Dog , and a Hanging ...
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... Paco rancher by the name of Casskel Cramer . Paco seemed to be where I stopped when I left Virginia in '65 . The town itself wasn't worse than most . in the southwest territory then . Cass Cramer ( who must have thought he was hell ...
... Paco rancher by the name of Casskel Cramer . Paco seemed to be where I stopped when I left Virginia in '65 . The town itself wasn't worse than most . in the southwest territory then . Cass Cramer ( who must have thought he was hell ...
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Ned Conquest. lower . " I felt that way about Paco . Its desert of rock - ribbed ranch made the war and the wreck of home seem more than a world away . To judge from its sorry present , Paco had to have a future - which was more than ...
Ned Conquest. lower . " I felt that way about Paco . Its desert of rock - ribbed ranch made the war and the wreck of home seem more than a world away . To judge from its sorry present , Paco had to have a future - which was more than ...
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... Paco . I wouldn't forget it if I woke up dead tomorrow . The big prize went for bulldogging ; and for cutting out and throwing beef , my mare and I were as good as any . I didn't enter the rough - riding contest . He did . All the ...
... Paco . I wouldn't forget it if I woke up dead tomorrow . The big prize went for bulldogging ; and for cutting out and throwing beef , my mare and I were as good as any . I didn't enter the rough - riding contest . He did . All the ...
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