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Valley of the Eagles

Valley of the Eagles

Loretta Miles Tollefson

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Palo Flechado Press
Año de edición:
2018
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Cuentos
ISBN:
9780998349848
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Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes:Rattled -- On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins.Trapper in Love -- A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman.Edward and Augusta -- The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife.Decision Point -- Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver.Thicker n' Snot -- Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate.The Lost Soul -- A young man defies his community's expectations.Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth -- A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.

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