Hard Country: A Novel of the Old West (signed first printing)
by McGARRITY, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525952462
- ISBN 13
- 9780525952466
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
A richly authentic epic adventure of rough-hewn men and courageous women, set in the hard country of the American Southwest frontier. Hard Country is a rare and extraordinary story of one family’s struggle to settle and endure in the vast, untamed territory of New Mexico. In the wake of the death of his wife as she gives birth to his son, and the killing of his brother on the West Texas plains, John Kerney is forced to give up his ranch, leave his son behind, and strike out in search of the murderous outlaws and a place where he can start over. He drifts south until he meets a man who offers him work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory and forever changes his life. Spanning the years of 1875 to 1918, Hard Country is the Western reinvented and enlarged into a saga that above all celebrates the people and the land of the great Southwest.
Reviews
This is the first volume of an epic three volume work, and it is my favorite of the three. From beginning to end the reader is bonded to the individuals involved and the landscape that defines them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87845
- Title
- Hard Country: A Novel of the Old West (signed first printing)
- Author
- McGARRITY, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525952462
- ISBN 13
- 9780525952466
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- 0525952462
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