The Englishman's Boy: A Novel
by Guy Vanderhaeghe | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0312195443 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0312195443 Global Overview for this book
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of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 8/29/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
buttonbright of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 8/29/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Winner of the Governor General's Award
Counterpointing the stories of the legendary Western cowboy Shorty McAdoo and Harry Vincent, the ambitious young screenwriter commissioned to retell his story in 1920s Hollywood, this novel reconstructs an epic journey through Montana into the Canadian plains, by a group of men pursuing their stolen horses.
The Englishman's Boy intelligently and creatively depicts an American West where greed and deception are tempered by honor and strength. As Richard Ford has noted, "Vanderhaeghe is simply a wonderful writer. The Englishman's Boy, spanning as it does two countries, two centuries, two views of history―the Canadian Wild West as 'imagined' by Hollywood―is a great accomplishment. Readers, I think, will find this book irresistible."
I found this book on the discount shelves of a local used book store.
Counterpointing the stories of the legendary Western cowboy Shorty McAdoo and Harry Vincent, the ambitious young screenwriter commissioned to retell his story in 1920s Hollywood, this novel reconstructs an epic journey through Montana into the Canadian plains, by a group of men pursuing their stolen horses.
The Englishman's Boy intelligently and creatively depicts an American West where greed and deception are tempered by honor and strength. As Richard Ford has noted, "Vanderhaeghe is simply a wonderful writer. The Englishman's Boy, spanning as it does two countries, two centuries, two views of history―the Canadian Wild West as 'imagined' by Hollywood―is a great accomplishment. Readers, I think, will find this book irresistible."
I found this book on the discount shelves of a local used book store.
Journal Entry 2 by buttonbright at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Friday, August 31, 2018
buttonbright at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Friday, August 31, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (8/31/2018 UTC) at Deco Free Book Drop in Raleigh, North Carolina USA
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Left @ Deco Free Book Drop (Little Free Library #35995) @ 19 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC. (Latitude: 35°46'41.6"N, Longitude: 78°38'24.4"W) @raleighspace http://bit.do/DecoFreeBookDropI am buying books from the outside shelves at The Readers Corner (a Raleigh used book store) and releasing them. This is one of those books. If you like it, take it and write a journal entry at www.BookCrossing.com - its easy and anonymous. Then when you are done with it, find a nice person or place to release it. I look forward to reading your thoughts on this book and finding out where you got it from. This book is on an adventure we can share with it.
