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Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
by Leonard, Elmore
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good to Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061242926
- ISBN 13
- 9780061242922
- Seller
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Mariner Books, 2007. Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 546 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.
Synopsis
No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre.In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two "pointless" stories, as he describes them -- Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one, which would give him a better chance to be published while he learned to write. In choosing between crime and Westerns, the latter had an irresistible pull -- Leonard loved movies set in the West. As he researched deeper into settings, Arizona in the 1880s captured his imagination: the Spanish influence, the standoffs and shootouts between Apache Indians and the U.S. cavalry ...His first dozen stories sold for 2 cents a word, for $100 each. The rest is history.This first-ever complete collection of Leonard's thirty Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre, his die-hard fans, and everyone in between -- and makes a terrific study of the launch of a phenomenal career.From his very first story ever published -- "The Trail of the Apache" -- through five decades of classic Western tales, The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard demonstrates again and again the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that has made Leonard one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of our time.
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- Bookseller
- Montana Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 089342
- Title
- Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
- Author
- Leonard, Elmore
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0061242926
- ISBN 13
- 9780061242922
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 546
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction Westerns Stories Elmore Leonard
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About the Seller
Montana Book Company
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
About Montana Book Company
Montana Book Company sells fine used books for scholars and readers. We specialize in scholarly and academic books with an emphasis on University Press titles.Subjects include Ancient History, European History, American History, Mathematics, Religion: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Art, Architecture, Historiography and Film among others.
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