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The Man Who Rode Midnight - Softcover

Elmer Kelton

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Synopsis

Wes Hendrix, an aging cowboy and bronco-buster, wants to be left alone on his poor, hardscrabble ranch, away from the ruthlessly approaching new world and all its big money, and soon Wes's city-bred grandson succumbs to the ranch's wild beauty. Original.

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From Library Journal

This warmly human story about a generation gap that closes is set in west Texas of the 1980s where the old and new ways are in serious conflict. Wes Hendricks is an old-time rancher who loves his land and animals and refuses to sell out to make way for progress in the shape of an artificial lake that will flood his home. His grandson, Jim Ed, sent to convince him to sell, gradually becomes a supporter of his grandfather. The old ways of Wes and the new ways of Jim Ed and Glory Be (neighbor and romantic element) are joined and all ends well. Very pleasant reading by a much-praised Texas author. Sister Avila, Acad. of the Holy Angels, Minneapolis
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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