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LocationOakland
Call NoW DEA
TitleThe big dry / Patrick Dearen.
AuthorDearen, Patrick, author.
Barcode529752
CollectionLarge Print Western
Summary"In this standalone sequel to The Big Drift-winner of five awards including the Spur Award of Western Writers of America-Patrick Dearen explores race relations against the backdrop of the Big Dry, a devastating drought in the 1880s in Texas. Zeke Boles, a Black cowhand, awaits hanging in North Texas for a murder he didn't commit. His white friend Will Brite, with whom he rode in the Big Drift blizzard, has exhausted virtually all avenues to get Zeke exonerated. Will's only hope is to set out for the faraway Devils River to find the actual culprit, a man with a missing finger. But Will has his own legal issues. He has married Jessie, a young woman of mixed race who often passes for white, and a grand jury is sure to return an indictment of miscegenation that could land Will in prison. Ride along with Will and his friend Arch Brannon as they join a cattle drive through a searing land between the Devils and Pecos rivers. This trail through a corner of hell is destined to be marked with carcasses and a lonely grave, but at its end lies the only hope for tomorrow"-- Provided by publisher.
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 529752W DEALarge Print WesternNew ShelfAvailable

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780875658988 (ebook)
International Standard Book Number 9780875658872 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 9781420520873
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.54 23/eng/20240719
Personal Name Dearen, Patrick, author.
Title Statement The big dry / Patrick Dearen.
Edition Statement Large Print edition
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice 2025
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Unspecified Thorndike (Gale with Cengage) 2025
Physical Description 323 p. (lg. print) softcover 22 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, Etc. "In this standalone sequel to The Big Drift-winner of five awards including the Spur Award of Western Writers of America-Patrick Dearen explores race relations against the backdrop of the Big Dry, a devastating drought in the 1880s in Texas. Zeke Boles, a Black cowhand, awaits hanging in North Texas for a murder he didn't commit. His white friend Will Brite, with whom he rode in the Big Drift blizzard, has exhausted virtually all avenues to get Zeke exonerated. Will's only hope is to set out for the faraway Devils River to find the actual culprit, a man with a missing finger. But Will has his own legal issues. He has married Jessie, a young woman of mixed race who often passes for white, and a grand jury is sure to return an indictment of miscegenation that could land Will in prison. Ride along with Will and his friend Arch Brannon as they join a cattle drive through a searing land between the Devils and Pecos rivers. This trail through a corner of hell is destined to be marked with carcasses and a lonely grave, but at its end lies the only hope for tomorrow"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Texas Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type book
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Western Fiction. Fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Western fiction. lcgft
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Dearen, Patrick. The big dry Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, 2024. 9780875658988 (DLC) 2024032864