Blood meridian or the evening redness in the West

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    Evening redness in the West

    Author: McCarthy, Cormac
    Contributor:

    Poe, Richard

    Summary:

    His birth ended his mother's life in Tennessee. Scrawny and wiry, he runs away at the age of 14. As he makes his way westward, the impoverished and illiterate youth finds trouble at every turn. Then he's recruited by Army irregulars, lured by the promise of spoils and bound for Mexico. Churning a dusty path toward destiny, he witnesses unknown horrors and suffering--and yet, as if shielded by the almighty hand of God, he survives to breathe another day.

    Subject(s): Fiction
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449896270

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Poe, Richard

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His birth ended his mother's life in Tennessee. Scrawny and wiry, he runs away at the age of 14. As he makes his way westward, the impoverished and illiterate youth finds trouble at every turn. Then he's recruited by Army irregulars, lured by the promise of spoils and bound for Mexico. Churning a dusty path toward destiny, he witnesses unknown horrors and suffering--and yet, as if shielded by the almighty hand of God, he survives to breathe another day.

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Historical fiction
Subject
Fiction
Publisher (Source)

Prince Frederick, MD

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