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LocationOakland
Call NoW KEL #5 HEWEY CALLOWAY
TitleElmer Kelton's The Familiar Stranger / Kelton, Steve
AuthorKelton, Steve
Barcode529858
CollectionLarge Print Western
SummaryHewey Calloway had intended to pass straight through Durango, Colorado, en route to visit a friend several miles northeast of the city. He had left his home range about a year before, with a herd of young horses. It was supposed to be a relatively straightforward affair; deliver the horses, collect the payment, and return home with the money. Things got out of hand, however, and there he was in Durango a year later with plans to go north rather than south. Oh, well, he thought, he had always wanted to see new country. It isn't long before his travels lead him to a cabin on a rainy night. There he meets a young man, sick as a dog, who weakly tries to send him off. And for good reason: the man has smallpox, and soon enough, Hewey catches the deadly disease. The man cares for him in turn, and it's just as he is feeling better that the man disappears. The next morning a Pinkerton detective turns up with posse, looking for a wanted bank robber. As he travels north, Hewey seems to run in with both the young man who tended to him, as well as the detective. But something seems off about the Pinkerton detective, and Hewey keeps his mouth shut. When he reunites with his friend Hanley, they do everything they can to get to the bottom of the mystery that threatens both theirs and this young man's life.
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 529858W KEL #5 HEWEY CALLOWAYLarge Print WesternNew ShelfAvailable

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781420522853 28.99
Personal Name Kelton, Steve
Title Statement Elmer Kelton's The Familiar Stranger / Kelton, Steve
Edition Statement Large Print edition
Imprint Thorndike, ME Gale, a Cengage Company 2025
Physical Description 309 p. (lg. print) softcover 22 cm.
Series Statement Hewey Calloway 5
Summary, Etc. Hewey Calloway had intended to pass straight through Durango, Colorado, en route to visit a friend several miles northeast of the city. He had left his home range about a year before, with a herd of young horses. It was supposed to be a relatively straightforward affair; deliver the horses, collect the payment, and return home with the money. Things got out of hand, however, and there he was in Durango a year later with plans to go north rather than south. Oh, well, he thought, he had always wanted to see new country. It isn't long before his travels lead him to a cabin on a rainy night. There he meets a young man, sick as a dog, who weakly tries to send him off. And for good reason: the man has smallpox, and soon enough, Hewey catches the deadly disease. The man cares for him in turn, and it's just as he is feeling better that the man disappears. The next morning a Pinkerton detective turns up with posse, looking for a wanted bank robber. As he travels north, Hewey seems to run in with both the young man who tended to him, as well as the detective. But something seems off about the Pinkerton detective, and Hewey keeps his mouth shut. When he reunites with his friend Hanley, they do everything they can to get to the bottom of the mystery that threatens both theirs and this young man's life.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type book
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Westerns. Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Action & Adventure Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical, general Fiction
Added Entry, Personal Name Bradshaw, John author