{"product_id":"the-hanging-man-other-western-stories-paperback","title":"The Hanging Man \u0026 Other Western Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Pronzini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Pronzini has been writing westerns throughout his long and varied career, and this volume collects the author's best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories peopled by such familiar figures as lawmen, ranchers, cowhands, gamblers, detectives, newspapermen, gunfighters and timberjacks; and by such less utilized characters as stable hands, ferry tenders, writers, bartenders, saddle makers, tramp printers, confidence men, traveling dentists, moonshiners and patent medicine drummers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories set in small, imaginary Montana towns and ranches to actual locales such as the California Mother Lode, the Sacramento River delta, and the Oregon wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories that run the gamut from dark character studies to stories of action, mystery and adventure to lighthearted tall tales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burglarproof\" features John Quincannon, the male half of the 1890s firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. \"McIntosh's Chute\" tells of the hardships faced by a deep woods logging gang and the fitting vengeance they enact on its tyrannical leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crucifixion River\" is a collaborative novella set in and around a delta slough ferry crossing, and earned Pronzini and his wife Marcia Muller a 2008 Western Writers of America Spur Award for the best short fiction published the previous year. A new story, \"A Cruel and Deadly Winter,\" shares a dying man's thoughts as he contemplates the life he leaves behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's \"The Hanging Man\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755528061216,"sku":"9798886011067","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b2fa7fedbe7c5d734d04c335b206944b.webp?v=1780061313","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hanging-man-other-western-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}