Sudden Country

Fiction & Literature, Westerns
Cover of the book Sudden Country by Loren Estleman, Crossroad Press
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Author: Loren Estleman ISBN: 6230000000326
Publisher: Crossroad Press Publication: June 7, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Loren Estleman
ISBN: 6230000000326
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication: June 7, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
13-year-old David Grayle's mother owns a boardinghouse. A strange visitor, Jotham Flynn, fresh out of jail, has come to tell his story to Judge Blod, a writer of dime novels and a boarder at the Grayle home. As it turns out, Flynn has a treasure map that leads to a fortune in gold stolen from the Union Army back in '63 by Quantrill's Raiders, a band of outlaws. Flynn is murdered by a passel of persons unknown, the map falls into David's hands and Judge Blod, David and David's schoolteacher, ex-Union officer Henry Knox, decide to mount an expedition to the Dakota Badlands to recover the gold.  Reminiscent of Treasure Island, sprinkled with just the right combination of desperados, oddball characters, and authentic western flair, Sudden Country will draw you into the badlands and hold you ther to the final word. "Estleman has no rival in evoking the American Southwest."--Kirkus Reviews "Estleman rivals the finest American novelists."--The Washington Post Book World Loren D. Estleman is a four-time Golden Spur Award winner
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13-year-old David Grayle's mother owns a boardinghouse. A strange visitor, Jotham Flynn, fresh out of jail, has come to tell his story to Judge Blod, a writer of dime novels and a boarder at the Grayle home. As it turns out, Flynn has a treasure map that leads to a fortune in gold stolen from the Union Army back in '63 by Quantrill's Raiders, a band of outlaws. Flynn is murdered by a passel of persons unknown, the map falls into David's hands and Judge Blod, David and David's schoolteacher, ex-Union officer Henry Knox, decide to mount an expedition to the Dakota Badlands to recover the gold.  Reminiscent of Treasure Island, sprinkled with just the right combination of desperados, oddball characters, and authentic western flair, Sudden Country will draw you into the badlands and hold you ther to the final word. "Estleman has no rival in evoking the American Southwest."--Kirkus Reviews "Estleman rivals the finest American novelists."--The Washington Post Book World Loren D. Estleman is a four-time Golden Spur Award winner

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