Light of the Western Stars, the
by Grey, Zane
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
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Canon City, Colorado, United States
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Synopsis
From the book:When Madeline Hammond stepped from the train at El Cajon, New Mexico, it was nearly midnight, and her first impression was of a huge dark space of cool, windy emptiness, strange and silent, stretching away under great blinking white stars. Miss, there's no one to meet you, said the conductor, rather anxiously. I wired my brother, she replied. "The train being so late - perhaps he grew tired of waiting. He will be here presently. But, if he should not come - surely I can find a hotel?" There's lodgings to be had. Get the station agent to show you. If you'll excuse me - this is no place for a lady like you to be alone at night. It's a rough little town - mostly Mexicans, miners, cowboys. And they carouse a lot. Besides, the revolution across the border has stirred up some excitement along the line. Miss, I guess it's safe enough, if you -
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- Bookseller
- Cheryl's Book Nook (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0013712
- Title
- Light of the Western Stars, the
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Walter J. Black, Inc.
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 5.5 x 7.5
- Keywords
- Westerns
- Bookseller catalogs
- Westerns;
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