NY, Penguin, (1987). VG PB. When Jackson Heckethorn, bruised and broken, returns home from the army to his family ranch in Montana, he finds the place has. changed, Helicopters now patrol the air over the range the way cowboys used to ride across. Big real-estate developers are buying out the other ranchers, turning their land into a vista of condos and malls. Soon the mystery and the healing power of the land bind him to the ranch, drawing him into the harsh routine of life on the plain. A crisp beautifully written novel that captures the atmosphere and dignity of a way of life that is slowly dying.
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Toronto, ON, Canada, Anansi, 2006. 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A young man's Homeric passage from innocence to experience during the height of the Great Famine in Ireland in 1847.
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NY, Dial, (1999). BCE. VG in VG DJ. It is 1901 and Buffalo is poised at the center of the nation's attention. A massive hydroelectric power development at nearby. Niagara Falls, the grand Pan-American Exposition promise to bring the Great Lakes even more repute, and an articulate headmistress of a school for girls enjoys the confidence of the city's titans of business.
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NY, Pantheon, (1996). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Racial lines that have riven society today are the focus as Mike Devlin tries to open a Tae Kwon Do school in a black. inner city Baltimore neighborhood while he himself lives in an upscale suburban area in a psychiatric practice.
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