A 2022 Great Group Reads selection In late fall of 1892 outlaw
Eddie Mole gallops down the main street of Jericho Springs, Kansas,
where he robs and shoots dead the freighter Barney Kreider. Some
urge Barney's son Ulysses ("Euly") to take revenge, but Euly is a
Mennonite and Mennonites don't seek revenge. Instead, Euly plots
how to make his fortune with the aid of his half-Osage sister,
Kate, and his friend Johnny, an Osage farmhand. The three make a
plan to sell goods and livestock to the settlers converging on
Caldwell, Kansas, for the land run going on in the Cherokee Outlet.
When Johnny tracks Eddie into the Cherokee Outlet, he witnesses
Buffalo Soldiers evicting Eddie from a ranch, leaving it public
domain, and Johnny and Kate make the run for that beautiful land.
Euly follows close behind, even as Eddie, riding from Arkansas
City, tries to reclaim his old ranch. John Mort's narrative is an
anti-revenge novel-always opting for nonviolence. But there's
violence nevertheless, as Eddie's and Barney's survivors converge
in a rousing finish. Though this novel uses some of the
architecture and motifs of traditional westerns, it is carefully
researched and set in the unfolding of a pivotal, neglected
historical event.
General
Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2022 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
John Mort
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
324 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4962-2973-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-4962-2973-8 |
Barcode: |
9781496229731 |
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