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Jul 10, 2011
Lisa (Harmonybites)
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it was ok
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This book, published in 1902, has been hailed as the first Western. The Virginian of the novel is the forefather of Hondo and Shane and every other strong but silent cowboy found in films. Here's a snippet:
The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man T ...more
The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man T ...more
Really boring book with little rewarding ending. Too many details about nothing important to the story. Ended up missing details to the story because I was bored with the rhetoric.
Dec 20, 2008
MJ
marked it as to-read
Nov 27, 2009
Angela Randall
marked it as to-read
