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Old One Eye Pete

Old One Eye Pete

Loretta Miles Tollefson

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Palo Flechado Press
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Cuentos
ISBN:
9780998349831
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Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes:That Damn Mule - A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path.That'll Teach 'Em - A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness.They Were My Friends - A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation.Decisions - A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves.Obsessions - An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.

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