The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New TimeA rugged individualist and sometime ranch hand, Jack Burns has no love for the modern world. He is a man out of time, riding his horse through a Southwestern landscape corrupted by concrete, shopping centers, and superhighways. A stubborn loner, he lives by a personal moral code that often sets him at odds with contemporary society. And he wouldn?t have it any other way. When Jack?s brazen attempt to free a jailed friend fails, the ?anarchist cowboy? becomes an outlaw overnight. Suddenly he and his chestnut mare are racing toward the New Mexican high country with the state police, the military, and the FBI in hot pursuit. His private war against authority has reached a dangerous new level. But if the powerful forces aligning against him think that Jack is going to go quietly, they?ve got another think coming. |
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... human voices . Behind him his truck waited , engine idling , one among six similar diesel monsters parked at the far edge of the lot . Hinton's trailer , like most of the others , was brightly painted and lettered . His bore the ...
... human voices . Behind him his truck waited , engine idling , one among six similar diesel monsters parked at the far edge of the lot . Hinton's trailer , like most of the others , was brightly painted and lettered . His bore the ...
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... human voices , the twittering of starlings , the drone of the evening airplanes . The men waited . Bondi remembered something . " Look , " he said , “ we'd better get up by the gate . ” Burns opened his eyes , looked sleepily at Bondi ...
... human voices , the twittering of starlings , the drone of the evening airplanes . The men waited . Bondi remembered something . " Look , " he said , “ we'd better get up by the gate . ” Burns opened his eyes , looked sleepily at Bondi ...
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... human voices , the great massive muttering of friction and busyness and mechanical agitation " ( p . 22 ) . The county jail has " the atmosphere of latrines , slaughter houses , county homes , mor- tuaries , county jails , orphan ...
... human voices , the great massive muttering of friction and busyness and mechanical agitation " ( p . 22 ) . The county jail has " the atmosphere of latrines , slaughter houses , county homes , mor- tuaries , county jails , orphan ...
Contents
BALLAD OF THE BRAVE COWBOY | 1 |
THE PRISONER | 49 |
THE SHERIFF | 161 |
Copyright | |
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