John Vernon
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Houghton Mifflin
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English
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"'Both gritty and sublime' (Chicago Tribune), The Last Canyon tells the story of John Wesley Powell's 1869 voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in United States history. In this vivid novel, John Vernon intertwines two stories - that of Powell and his crew and that of a band of Paiute Indians, known as the Shivwits, who lived on the north rim of the canyon. As the novel moves inexorably toward a violent...
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This novel about Billy the Kid centers on the Lincoln County War, a conflict between a ring of Irishmen and John Tunstall, an English newcomer trying to break their grip on the town. Billy signed on with Tunstall, and when he was murdered, a previously obscure hired gun became Billy the Kid.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©1995
Language
English
Description
In 1879, Baby Doe moves to Colorado, the first woman to work in a silver mine. She dumps her husband and has magnate Horace Tabor divorce his wife. The wedding is attended by a U.S. president, they flaunt their wealth, after which it's downhill, Tabor dying in 1899, leaving Baby with a worthless mine and hobos for company. By the author of Peter Doyle.