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Stolen Horses
Dan O'Brien
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Description for Stolen Horses
Paperback. The story of the residents of a small western plains town and the turmoil that results from the colliding interests of its "native" inhabitants and newcomers Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Honor Book, 2011 Nebraska Book Awards, Fiction Category
Foreword Reviews, 2011 Book of the Year, Silver Award, General Fiction
McDermot, Nebraska, is a pleasant, scenic western cattle town situated in the Pawnee River valley—just the place for people seeking refuge from their hectic city lives. It is also just the place for those who have made their homes on this haunting prairie since the late nineteenth century. Ideal for both, McDermot means everything to those native inhabitants and something very different to those who are looking for a new life.
As the native residents wrestle with the ... Read more
Honor Book, 2011 Nebraska Book Awards, Fiction Category
Foreword Reviews, 2011 Book of the Year, Silver Award, General Fiction
McDermot, Nebraska, is a pleasant, scenic western cattle town situated in the Pawnee River valley—just the place for people seeking refuge from their hectic city lives. It is also just the place for those who have made their homes on this haunting prairie since the late nineteenth century. Ideal for both, McDermot means everything to those native inhabitants and something very different to those who are looking for a new life.
As the native residents wrestle with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Flyover Fiction
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803231085
SKU
V9780803231085
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Ref
99-1
About Dan O'Brien
Dan O’Brien is the author of numerous novels and memoirs, including Buffalo for the Broken Heart and The Contract Surgeon, winners of the Western Heritage Award for best nonfiction in 2001 and for best fiction in 1999, respectively. Buffalo for the Broken Heart was the One Book South Dakota selection for 2009. Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey, is ... Read more
Reviews for Stolen Horses
""Interconnected lives in the small western Nebraska town of McDermot navigate the rocky transition from rustic old ways to new money opportunities and opportunists in the slow-burning latest from O'Brien.""—Publishers Weekly|""[Dan O'Brien] gives a fairly large number of characters individual attention, making them, with their good traits and bad, all quite memorable.""—NPR's All Things Considered|""Some books take you beyond reading. ... Read more