Screen LibraryThe brave cowboy : an old tale in a new time /
A loner who refuses to accept the tyranny of life in the twentieth century heads for Mexico when his stubborn adherence to the values of the Old West makes him intolerable to modern-day forces of law and order.
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition; First edition. |
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Harper Perennial modern classics
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A loner who refuses to accept the tyranny of life in the twentieth century heads for Mexico when his stubborn adherence to the values of the Old West makes him intolerable to modern-day forces of law and order. "From acclaimed author and literary genius Edward Abbey comes this classic novel that inspired the motion picture Lonely Are The Brave--a stirring and unforgettable tribute to the American hero and the American West. It follows Jack Burns, a loner at odds with modern civilization. He rides a feisty chestnut mare across the New West--a once beautiful land now smothered beneath airstrips and superhighways. An "anarchist cowboy," he lives by a personal code of ethics that sets him on a collision course with the keepers of law and order. After a prison breakout plan goes awry, he finds himself a |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 332 pages ; 21 cm. |
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9780062429964 0062429965 |
| Index Number: | PS3501 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/A124-3 |
| Contents: | Ballad of the brave cowboy -- pt. 1 The cowboy -- pt. 2 The prisoner -- pt. 3 The sheriff -- pt. 4 The stranger. |