Zeke and Ned - Hardcover

McMurtry, Larry; Ossana, Diana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684811529 ISBN 13: 9780684811529

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Synopsis

Two Cherokee warriors named Zeke Proctor and Ned Christie race, love, and fight their way across the Ozark Mountains in an attempt to stay true to their heritage and elude the white law officers who are after them. 100,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

With this new historical Western, Larry McMurtry returns to the genre in which he created such memorable characters as Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call. In collaboration with Pretty Boy Floyd coauthor Diana Ossana, he dramatizes the Cherokee struggle for independence following the Civil War. Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie are the last Cherokee warriors, men of legend and history, whose fates are a consequence of such brutal policies as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the infamous Trail of Tears. They struggle to find honor in a harsh, violent land under the relentless pressure of white law and broken promises. Every bit as tough as their men, the women in Zeke and Ned are determined to raise their families and keep the two men alive--whatever it takes.

About the Author:

Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Archer City, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0684811529
• ISBN 13: 9780684811529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480