Nevin's History
A Novel of Texas
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8255384M
- ISBN-139780896725188
- ISBN-100896725189
- OCLC Control Number53138473
- OCLC Control Numbernevinshistorynov0000sand
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003021006
- LibraryThing1192873
- Goodreads2206027
Classifications
- LCCPS3569.A5146 N48 2004
Description
The turbulent lower Rio Grande valley of the 1870s is the backdrop of this epic historical novel of romance, violence, and the struggle for civilization on the frontier. Against that backdrop protagonist Andrew Nevin, news-paper reporter, Civil War draft dodger, informer, and self-professed coward, tells a story of three legendary figures: Texas Rangers John "Rip" Ford and Lee H. McNelly and the bandit mayor of Matamoros, Juan Cortina.
First Sentence
IN the stultifying, late afternoon Brownsville heat, which made even the flies fat and lazy and promised an even hotter, marrow-shriveling summer, I waited in my favorite whorehouse, the Bivouac, to buy a goat for my nephew.
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