Author: Luke Cypher
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440637768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Once he was Tom Cade, lawman and gunfighter. Now, he is Amos Hood, preacher. He left the way of the gun to spread the Word of the Lord. When Hood rides into Gold Town, it’s clear the place is badly in need of two things: the law of God and the law of man. With miners and cowboys feuding and killing each other in the streets and the saloons, someone has to bring order. Now a man of peace, Hood sets about building a church and gathering a flock. But the townsfolk, desperate to control the miners and cowboys, hire a shootist with a trail of corpses behind him to wear a badge. With rustlers re-branding cattle stolen from neighboring ranches and miners trying to stake claims to land near water, Gold Town is poised to explode into a range war. And if that happens Amos Hood may not have a prayer of keeping the peace—or of keeping his own violent past a secret.
The Outcast: Gold Town
Author: Luke Cypher
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440637768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Once he was Tom Cade, lawman and gunfighter. Now, he is Amos Hood, preacher. He left the way of the gun to spread the Word of the Lord. When Hood rides into Gold Town, it’s clear the place is badly in need of two things: the law of God and the law of man. With miners and cowboys feuding and killing each other in the streets and the saloons, someone has to bring order. Now a man of peace, Hood sets about building a church and gathering a flock. But the townsfolk, desperate to control the miners and cowboys, hire a shootist with a trail of corpses behind him to wear a badge. With rustlers re-branding cattle stolen from neighboring ranches and miners trying to stake claims to land near water, Gold Town is poised to explode into a range war. And if that happens Amos Hood may not have a prayer of keeping the peace—or of keeping his own violent past a secret.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440637768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Once he was Tom Cade, lawman and gunfighter. Now, he is Amos Hood, preacher. He left the way of the gun to spread the Word of the Lord. When Hood rides into Gold Town, it’s clear the place is badly in need of two things: the law of God and the law of man. With miners and cowboys feuding and killing each other in the streets and the saloons, someone has to bring order. Now a man of peace, Hood sets about building a church and gathering a flock. But the townsfolk, desperate to control the miners and cowboys, hire a shootist with a trail of corpses behind him to wear a badge. With rustlers re-branding cattle stolen from neighboring ranches and miners trying to stake claims to land near water, Gold Town is poised to explode into a range war. And if that happens Amos Hood may not have a prayer of keeping the peace—or of keeping his own violent past a secret.
Outcast
Author: Luke Cypher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781322839394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781322839394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Death of a Gold Town
Author: Charles E. Miller
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477173072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Editor Fitzroy of the small-town newspaper Mine and Mill is dismayed to see the vitality and pioneer strength of his small town fade before the forces of violence, inexplicable deaths, corruption by bribery and acts of vengeance amongst the ordinary citizens of Fiddletown. he decides to log, to chart, as it were, in his paper and his diary the dismal decay of the early California gold town. He sometimes uses his poetic pen to capture the sad events, the inexplicable failures of ordinary people to show civility and compassion. "Gold! fear was not of tomorrow but of an irrecoverable sacrifice of home, honor and charity in the name of gold-a sacrifice and corruption of the conscience like mephisto the gold miners had traded their souls for the golden metal. That fear lingered beneath outward forms of pleasure and happiness, like a waiting spirit of death."
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477173072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Editor Fitzroy of the small-town newspaper Mine and Mill is dismayed to see the vitality and pioneer strength of his small town fade before the forces of violence, inexplicable deaths, corruption by bribery and acts of vengeance amongst the ordinary citizens of Fiddletown. he decides to log, to chart, as it were, in his paper and his diary the dismal decay of the early California gold town. He sometimes uses his poetic pen to capture the sad events, the inexplicable failures of ordinary people to show civility and compassion. "Gold! fear was not of tomorrow but of an irrecoverable sacrifice of home, honor and charity in the name of gold-a sacrifice and corruption of the conscience like mephisto the gold miners had traded their souls for the golden metal. That fear lingered beneath outward forms of pleasure and happiness, like a waiting spirit of death."
The Outcast Blade
Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316193445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war against each other, Venice's future rests in the hands of three unwilling individuals: The newly knighted Sir Tycho. He defeated the Mamluk navy but he cannot make the woman he loves love him back. Tortured by secrets, afraid of the daylight, he sees no reason to save a city he hates. The grieving Lady Giulietta. Virgin. Mother. Widow. All she wants is to retire from the poisonous world of the Venetian court to mourn her husband in peace. But her duty is to Venice: both emperors want her hand in marriage and an alliance with Europe's richest city. She must choose, knowing that whichever suitor she rejects will become Venice's bitterest enemy. Lastly, a naked, mud-strewn girl who crawls from a paupers' grave on an island in the Venetian lagoon and begins by killing the men who buried her. Between them, they will set the course of history.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316193445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war against each other, Venice's future rests in the hands of three unwilling individuals: The newly knighted Sir Tycho. He defeated the Mamluk navy but he cannot make the woman he loves love him back. Tortured by secrets, afraid of the daylight, he sees no reason to save a city he hates. The grieving Lady Giulietta. Virgin. Mother. Widow. All she wants is to retire from the poisonous world of the Venetian court to mourn her husband in peace. But her duty is to Venice: both emperors want her hand in marriage and an alliance with Europe's richest city. She must choose, knowing that whichever suitor she rejects will become Venice's bitterest enemy. Lastly, a naked, mud-strewn girl who crawls from a paupers' grave on an island in the Venetian lagoon and begins by killing the men who buried her. Between them, they will set the course of history.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Author: Bret Harte
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871295477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871295477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Ghost on Horseback
Author: Stephen Badman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470957620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
A corpse riding over the sea on a coffin, a cat's mess served up for dinner, brownies dancing on the rafters, The Devil carrying his skin under his arm, witches so old that their teeth grow moss, trolls, ogres, dragons, even a drunken fox - you'll find them all in The Ghost on Horseback. Thirty folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470957620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
A corpse riding over the sea on a coffin, a cat's mess served up for dinner, brownies dancing on the rafters, The Devil carrying his skin under his arm, witches so old that their teeth grow moss, trolls, ogres, dragons, even a drunken fox - you'll find them all in The Ghost on Horseback. Thirty folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
Folk and Fairy Tales - Jens Kamp
Author: Stephen Badman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326629131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A corpse rides over the sea on a coffin and a cat's mess is served up for dinner. Brownies dance on rafters. The Devil carries his skin under his arm and witches, so old that moss grows on their teeth. St. Peter sleeps in a bread oven while a boy sleeps on the roof of his house, his feet still touching the ground. Geese are taught Latin, a monk sets to sea on a millstone and there are enough trolls, ogres and dragons to shake a stick at - there's even a drunken fox thrown in for good measure. You'll find them all in Jens Kamp's Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark. 57 folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326629131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A corpse rides over the sea on a coffin and a cat's mess is served up for dinner. Brownies dance on rafters. The Devil carries his skin under his arm and witches, so old that moss grows on their teeth. St. Peter sleeps in a bread oven while a boy sleeps on the roof of his house, his feet still touching the ground. Geese are taught Latin, a monk sets to sea on a millstone and there are enough trolls, ogres and dragons to shake a stick at - there's even a drunken fox thrown in for good measure. You'll find them all in Jens Kamp's Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark. 57 folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
Towns of the Outlands
Outlaw's Reward
Author: Danny Brothers
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387848046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A new Western in the style of the old classics, Danny Brothers presets the first novel in his Outlaw series, the beginning of an epic journey across the old American West... Cowboy Sam West finds himself in a close knit East Coast town, in the middle of a poker game, that might just change the entire course of his life. Soon after one bad hand and a lot of blood, Sam escapes to Little Town, Texas, where no one knows his name or the deeds he's done. However, its hard to keep your head down when injustice is all around you. With the local outlaws beating down the townsfolk Sam finds himself not hiding from his neighbors, but teaching them how to fight for themselves. Sam has found a place and a purpose in this one-horse town. but will the ghosts of his past cause him to reap the Outlaw's Reward?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387848046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A new Western in the style of the old classics, Danny Brothers presets the first novel in his Outlaw series, the beginning of an epic journey across the old American West... Cowboy Sam West finds himself in a close knit East Coast town, in the middle of a poker game, that might just change the entire course of his life. Soon after one bad hand and a lot of blood, Sam escapes to Little Town, Texas, where no one knows his name or the deeds he's done. However, its hard to keep your head down when injustice is all around you. With the local outlaws beating down the townsfolk Sam finds himself not hiding from his neighbors, but teaching them how to fight for themselves. Sam has found a place and a purpose in this one-horse town. but will the ghosts of his past cause him to reap the Outlaw's Reward?
Possible Pasts
Author: Robert Blair St. George
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial.Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book.Part I, "Interrogating America," then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of "early America" and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, "Translation and Transculturation," essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, "Shaping Subjectivities." Finally, Part IV, "Oral Performance and Personal Power," considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial.Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book.Part I, "Interrogating America," then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of "early America" and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, "Translation and Transculturation," essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, "Shaping Subjectivities." Finally, Part IV, "Oral Performance and Personal Power," considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America.