Clyde Edgerton
1) Raney
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
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Language
English
Description
"This book is too good to keep to yourself. Read it aloud with someone you love, then send it to a friend. But be sure to keep a copy for yourself, because you'll want to read it again and again."— Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey Raney is a small-town Baptist. Charles is a liberal from Atlanta. And Raney is the story of their marriage. Charming, wise, funny, and truthful, it is a novel for everyone to love. "A real jewel."—Richmond Times-Dispatch...
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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
A comic novel set in Colorado and featuring Cobb Pittman, a crazy bounty hunter who carries a dog in his holster, the Redeye of the title. Pittman takes on a motley crew of innocents and scoundrels trying to commercially exploit Indian cave dwellings in the name of free enterprise.
Hang on to your ten-gallon hats -- Clyde Edgerton has taken his eye for detail, his ear for humor and his nose for hypocrisy to the Wild West. The scen is pueblo country...
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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In 1963, at the age of 17, Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. His band, the Amazing Ramblers, studies and rehearses in the storage room of his father's shop in a small North Carolina town. Meanwhile, Dwayne's forbidden black friend Larry apprentices to a jazz musician. His mother hopes music will allow him to escape the south.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Living on the wrong side of the law in the decades following World War II, car thief Preston Clearwater picks up hitchhiking Bible salesperson Henry Dampier and endeavors to transform him into an innocent-faced partner-in-crime.
Publisher
Sterling Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In this humorous and heartwarming story based on Clyde Edgerton's acclaimed novel, a feisty 78-year old widow and an unloved, troubled teenager from a youth rehabilitation center forge a special kind of bond, despite their tremendous differences, and discover what it takes to earn the trust and love of another.