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Robert L. Hunton

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Robert L. Hunton is the author of novels of mystery and adventure for young readers, including the 'Borderlands Trilogy' - 'Gift of the Desert Dog' (Open Books Press, 2010), 'Secrets of the Medicine Pouch' (OBP, 2012), and 'Coyote-Meeter's Abyss' (OBP, 2014). He is a thirty-two year veteran teacher in the Colchester (VT) school system, now living with wife, Julie, in the desert near Tucson, Arizona. ...more

Descriptive Passage at its Best!

In a recent Facebook post I suggested three novels of western author, Zane Grey, and so what do I now do?! Use a fourth. :) Here, from his 1910 classic, The Heritage of the Desert, is an excerpt that demonstrates his wonderful skill at setting a scene/establishing mood/creating imagery in the mind of the reader:

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“Borrowed from my former superintendent of schools: 'Change is inevitable, growth is optional.”
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