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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... bullet , " if he saw himself as my killer . I kept a fire going while I was there , to make sure he didn't miss me ; at night I laid a dummy bedroll by it , to make sure he didn't hit me . I slept some thirty feet back from the fire ...
... bullet , " if he saw himself as my killer . I kept a fire going while I was there , to make sure he didn't miss me ; at night I laid a dummy bedroll by it , to make sure he didn't hit me . I slept some thirty feet back from the fire ...
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... bullets out of it - unloaded his pistol , too . I put the bullets in an empty can I had . His belt with the gun in its holster I made fast to his saddle . I untied the slicker behind his cantle , rolled up the can of bullets inside ...
... bullets out of it - unloaded his pistol , too . I put the bullets in an empty can I had . His belt with the gun in its holster I made fast to his saddle . I untied the slicker behind his cantle , rolled up the can of bullets inside ...
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Ned Conquest. of bullets inside , and tied it back again . I picked up my own gun and its belt , reloaded , and buckled up . I got out the last of the whiskey I'd brought and poured a little over his back . His flesh and shoulders shrank ...
Ned Conquest. of bullets inside , and tied it back again . I picked up my own gun and its belt , reloaded , and buckled up . I got out the last of the whiskey I'd brought and poured a little over his back . His flesh and shoulders shrank ...
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... bullets ! " he mumbled when he saw it was empty , " you stole my bullets ! " " You'll find them when you get home . " I heard him grunt as he felt for the stirrup to mount . He found it and , pulling his leg up with one hand , got his ...
... bullets ! " he mumbled when he saw it was empty , " you stole my bullets ! " " You'll find them when you get home . " I heard him grunt as he felt for the stirrup to mount . He found it and , pulling his leg up with one hand , got his ...
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