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Children of the Dust
Children of the Dust. Gypsy Smith is a half-black, half-Indian gunfighter, bounty hunter, and scout who reluctantly accepts a job leading poor black sharecroppers from the South to the border of new territory for the Oklahoma land rush. Among his charges is a young woman, Drusilla, with whom he fall in love. On the eve of his wedding, there's trouble with the Ku Klux Klan....more
Hardcover, 428 pages
Published
February 14th 1995
by Random House
(first published 1995)
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I was pretty young when i read this book and it was during the whole mid-eighties cold war fear of a Russian nuclear attack. I was sort of always obsessed with the fear of nuclear war and i remember the cover had these mushroom clouds on it and whatnot. it really drew me in.
Well, i'm 32 now and I've gotta say, that book STILL stays with me. It has a lot to do with when i read it i know, but man, whenever i think about what it would REALLY be like to have to deal with that sort of sit...more
Well, i'm 32 now and I've gotta say, that book STILL stays with me. It has a lot to do with when i read it i know, but man, whenever i think about what it would REALLY be like to have to deal with that sort of sit...more
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I'm just a fan of the authors after reading Honkytonk Man.
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I did not want this book to end! I could not wait to read another of Carlile's books after reading Honkytonk Man & though I consider Honkytonk Man to be one of my favorite books I believe this may be even better!
I found it to be very well written with interesting & intriguing characters. I did not want to put this book down & could not wait to get to the next page to see what happened next. Taking place in Oklahoma during the Land Rush it was very interesting to read a little of...more
I found it to be very well written with interesting & intriguing characters. I did not want to put this book down & could not wait to get to the next page to see what happened next. Taking place in Oklahoma during the Land Rush it was very interesting to read a little of...more
I never thought that I would like this book, but it read like I was watching a movie. Time flew and the characters came to life. This book is well worth taking the time to find and read, even if it is a revisionist western.
One of my very favorite books! A great suspense/Western read! I don't re-read a lot of books but I've read this one a few times!
This is an interesting study for life, society, and the various groups that make it up in the past and how it relates to now as you think about it.
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