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Hombre

Hombre( )
Author: Leonard, Elmore
ISBN:978-0-7538-1911-1
Publication Date:Feb 2006
Publisher:Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint:Phoenix
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

A classic tale of the American west from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.

John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him. That is, until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die...

Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Westerns
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.8 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm
Book Weight:0.17 Kilograms
Author Biography
Leonard, Elmore (Author)
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies.

Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old.

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