: western stories Cheshire, Giff creator Pronzini, Bill text xxu Thornidike, Maine Thorndike Press 1998 monographic eng Eng lis h

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388p. 20cm (Hb) This collection contains many of Giff Cheshire's best stories, all bearing the distinctive stamp of authentic and colourfully portrayed background, vivid characters, and gripping drama. The Bad Year and Man Breaker are moving tales of the hardships faced by small back-country ranchers. The Road to Jericho is a variation on the theme of a wagon train plagued by Indians, and Stagecoach Pass is an elemental account of a driver's struggles to save his passengers when his coach is caught in a blizzard. In A Mug at Charley's, a retired steamboat fireman and engineer makes the most of his last chance to fulfil a lifelong dream. And Whistle on the River, one of Cheshire's best, tells of steamboat builders on the Columbia. Many more stories round out this rich, diverse cross-section of frontier life. The bad year A Mug at Charley's Strangers in the Evening Man Breaker Whistle on the River Stagecoach Passs Renegade River East Ain't West The Road to Jericho Know your headings A Bridge to the future Miracle of Starvation Flat Frontier and Pioneer Life - West (US) - Fiction Western Stories Large Type Books 813.54 CHE 9780786210312 190314 20190314160051.0