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LocationOakland
Call NoW ROS
TitleHell west of the Pecos / V.J. Rose.
AuthorRose, V. J., author.
Barcode528286
CollectionLarge Print Western
Summary"2014 Short Fiction Spur Finalist V.J. Rose takes us back into the lives of Dudford Washburn and his motley crew in this classic adventure tale of the Old American West. After the Civil War, rancher and muleskinner Dudford Washburn returns to San Antonio to find that his wife has unexpectedly divorced him. Determined to make enough money to win her back, he comes up with a scheme to herd longhorns across the wilds of West Texas in order to sell them to the army posts in New Mexico for a huge profit. It's so dangerous, the only cowhands he can find are green-under-the-collar boys who don't know any better. To round out his ramshackle crew, Dud is forced to take along his feuding relatives who have their own reasons for going. Everyone else believes they are about to embark on a suicide mission through hell, but Dud is convinced fortune awaits at the end of the trail... Tagline: They'll have to be bullhide tough to survive the harsh west"-- Provided by publisher.
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 528286W ROSLarge Print Western Available

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781639779567 (ebook)
International Standard Book Number 9781639779574 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 9798885787390 (Lg print)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/eng/20230329
Personal Name Rose, V. J., author.
Title Statement Hell west of the Pecos / V.J. Rose.
Edition Statement Large Print edition
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Las Vegas, NV : Wolfpack Publishing, 2022.
Physical Description 507 p. (lg print) softcover 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "2014 Short Fiction Spur Finalist V.J. Rose takes us back into the lives of Dudford Washburn and his motley crew in this classic adventure tale of the Old American West. After the Civil War, rancher and muleskinner Dudford Washburn returns to San Antonio to find that his wife has unexpectedly divorced him. Determined to make enough money to win her back, he comes up with a scheme to herd longhorns across the wilds of West Texas in order to sell them to the army posts in New Mexico for a huge profit. It's so dangerous, the only cowhands he can find are green-under-the-collar boys who don't know any better. To round out his ramshackle crew, Dud is forced to take along his feuding relatives who have their own reasons for going. Everyone else believes they are about to embark on a suicide mission through hell, but Dud is convinced fortune awaits at the end of the trail... Tagline: They'll have to be bullhide tough to survive the harsh west"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type book. Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Western. Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Western fiction. lcgft