- Stagecoach robberies, Apache Indians, Racism, Fiction
This book is the basis for the Paul Newman movie of the same name. Set in 19th century Arizona, it's about a white man raised Apache who rides a stagecoach that is robbed en route. The varied characters and their interactions is what stands out. Racism is one of the topics/attitudes that is prominent.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Elmore Leonard
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 195
- Publisher
- Hale, Armchair Detective Library, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062206114
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“boys. Then you saw how long his hair was, almost covering his ears, and how clean-shaved looking his face was.”
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. *--Wikipedia*
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