Edition |
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. |
Description |
248 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Note |
"With a new afterword by Miles Swarthout"--Cover. |
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"Soon to be a major motion picture"--Cover. |
Contents |
The Gather -- The Trail -- The Homesman. |
Summary |
"Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A "homesman" must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county's men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy--ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness--a timeless classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventures." |
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"In an unprecedented sweep, Glendon Swarthout's novel won both the Western Writers of America's Spur Award and the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. A new afterword by the author's son Miles Swarthout tells of his parents Glendon and Kathryn's discovery of and research into the lives of the oft-forgotten frontier women who make The Homesman as moving and believable as it is unforgettable."-- From publisher description. |
Subject |
Cuddy, Mary Bee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Briggs, George (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Women pioneers -- Fiction.
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Pioneers -- Fiction.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction.
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Women -- Suicidal behavior -- Fiction.
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Western stories.
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Genre/Form |
Western stories.
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ISBN |
1476754268 (pbk.) |
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9781476754260 (pbk.) |
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