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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... walked over Cramer's wife , who'd sneaked to the door behind me . Things turned out not quite as I'd expected . Lothers did good work - at least while I was looking . And he didn't talk back , or not to me . His " month " stretched into ...
... walked over Cramer's wife , who'd sneaked to the door behind me . Things turned out not quite as I'd expected . Lothers did good work - at least while I was looking . And he didn't talk back , or not to me . His " month " stretched into ...
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... walked back to the steps and tried to think . In spite of the noise and the crowd inside , I might get a word with Sadie . I didn't ask if I had the right — or whether she would listen . I guess I hoped a warning now might make up part ...
... walked back to the steps and tried to think . In spite of the noise and the crowd inside , I might get a word with Sadie . I didn't ask if I had the right — or whether she would listen . I guess I hoped a warning now might make up part ...
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... walked in , even Frisco's croupier followed her . The big front room picked up the cheer till the yelling made the candles flicker . She moved to the inside end of the bar , where Frisco had built a stage . Lothers came with the rest of ...
... walked in , even Frisco's croupier followed her . The big front room picked up the cheer till the yelling made the candles flicker . She moved to the inside end of the bar , where Frisco had built a stage . Lothers came with the rest of ...
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... walked back into the building . The other two followed , slamming the door against us . I stared down at the sorry soul who'd made me nothing but trouble . I wonder what I might have done if I'd known the trouble he was going to make ...
... walked back into the building . The other two followed , slamming the door against us . I stared down at the sorry soul who'd made me nothing but trouble . I wonder what I might have done if I'd known the trouble he was going to make ...
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... walked back out to the road and waited . A woman was holding the reins . What I'd thought was a child on the seat beside her turned out to be an old friend . Sadie Magrath was driving , and beside her sat the yellow feist I'd given her ...
... walked back out to the road and waited . A woman was holding the reins . What I'd thought was a child on the seat beside her turned out to be an old friend . Sadie Magrath was driving , and beside her sat the yellow feist I'd given her ...
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Стр. 151 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Стр. 274 - But do you know how hard it is to find a good deputy around here?