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Backlands: A Novel of the American West (The American West Trilogy) [SIGNED]
by McGarrity, Michael
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525953248
- ISBN 13
- 9780525953241
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo. Fine and unmarked book in Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION on title page. 307pp inc. Author's Note; map endpapers.
Synopsis
Michael McGarrity returns with the second installment of his sweeping, richly authentic New York Times bestselling American West trilogy set in the raw, untrammeled New Mexico backlands during the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. Hard Country , the first novel in the Kerney family trilogy and the debut prequel to his national bestselling Kevin Kerney crime novels, was critically acclaimed for its authentic, gritty realism; its sprawling, engrossing story; and its compelling, engaging characters. An instant hit on several national bestseller lists, Hard Country continues to attract an overwhelmingly positive response from critics, booksellers, and readers. Backlands advances the story of Patrick Kerney; his ex-wife, Emma; and their young son, Matthew, shortly after the tragic battlefield death of their eldest son, CJ, at the end of World War I. Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, eight-year-old Matthew is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. When the world spirals into the Great Depression and drought settles like a plague over the nation, Matt must abandon his own dreams to salvage the Kerney ranch. Plunged into a deep trough of dark family secrets, hidden crimes, broken promises, and lies, Matt must struggle to survive on the unforgiving, sun-blasted, drought-stricken Tularosa Basin. An expansive, epic tale like Philipp Meyer’s The Son , and in the wonderful storyteller vein of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove , McGarrity’s Backlands showcases his keen eye for historical detail, awe-inspiring scenery, and the bitter harshness of life on the last vestiges of the twentieth-century frontier West.
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- Basement Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038546
- Title
- Backlands: A Novel of the American West (The American West Trilogy) [SIGNED]
- Author
- McGarrity, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525953248
- ISBN 13
- 9780525953241
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 528
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- FICTION WEST US NEW MEXICO LAWMAN AMERICAN WEST TRILOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Western Americana; Signed Books;
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