STAY AWAY, JOE.

Cushman, Dan.

ISBN 10: 0670668605 / ISBN 13: 9780670668601

Published by VIKING. NY 1953, 1953

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Fine in a close to fine dj. (Slight age toning to spine of dj. A few small traces of shelfwear at base of spine) Nice copy of this Southwest classic. (LC). Seller Inventory # 9373

Bibliographic Details

Title: STAY AWAY, JOE.

Publisher: VIKING. NY 1953

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Korean veteran, Big Joe Champlain drives back to the Montana reservation brandishing a Purple Heart and the scalp of a Chinese communist. Driving a Cadillac he has purchased from his winnings as a champion bullrider at Madison Square Garden, he arrives to find a huge party going on at his father's small ranch. His father, Louis Champlain, has just acquired 19 heifers and a young bull as part of a government program to benefit landless Indians. Louis, as a sign of his generosity, announces he will butcher a cow to feed the partygoers. But when the bull is butchered instead, Joe volunteers to secure another bull for Louis. Against the warnings of his wife, Louis consents to let Joe handle the matter with disastrous but hilarious results.

About the Author:

Dan Cushman started work at the age of fifteen as a linotype operator and reporter on the Big Sandy, Montana, weekly paper. While in Big Sandy High School, he was correspondent for the Great Falls Tribune. Graduating from the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Science degree, he worked first as a miner, prospector, and geologist before becoming a full time writer. A prolific writer, Mr Cushman is the author of over thirty novels. His best seller, Stay Away, Joe, was a Book-of-the Month Club selection and the basis for the Broadway musical Whoop-Up. It also became an MGM motion picture starring Elvis Presley. He has authored several pieces of non-fiction which include Montana-The Gold Frontier and The Great North Trail. His awards include the Western Writers of America Spur Award for his book The Silver Mountain and the H.G. Merriam Award for distinguished contributions to Montana literature. He has also received The Governors Humanities Award from the Montana Committee for the Humanities. Mr Cushman currently resides in Great Falls, Montana.