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Duncklee, John

 
9780595532469: I Bit the Silver Spoon
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ISBN 10: 0595532462 ISBN 13: 9780595532469
Editorial: iUniverse, 2008

Sinopsis

A narrative of a man's life in the southwest - what brought him there and how he came to love the land, its peoples, and its challenges. John Duncklee's memoirs remind us that individualism, personal courage, and honesty can still thrive in America.Jim Woolardaward winning author of Thunder in the Valley, Winds of Autumn, Blood at Dawn and Cold Moon"In his fascinating memoir, John Duncklee shows how an East Coast outcast became a cowboy, rancher, student, wrangler, teacher, environmentalist, lecturer, furniture marker, rebel, reprobate, and one of the original voices of contemporary Southwestern literature. Writers, readers, ranchers, and working cowhands everywhere should all be grateful John Duncklee bit that silver spoon and lived to write about it."Johnny D. Boggstwo-time Spur Award-winning author of Camp Ford and East of the Border"I Bit the Silver Spoon in the authentic life-story of a died-in-the-wool cowpoke still writing and raising hell down New Mexico-way. John Duncklee is the last of a dying breed-a cowboy-adventurer out of the pages of Louis L'Amour or Luke Short, with a torch of the mad, irascible poet added like whiskey to campfire coffee. How Big John came West, and all he did out there amidst the sage and saguaros, after growing up amongst Eastern wealth, is riveting poetic, inspiring, bittersweet reading.Peter Brandoldauthor of the Lou Prophet and Rogue Lawman novels published by Berkley

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"A narrative of a man's life in the southwest – what brought him there and how he came to love the land, its peoples, and its challenges. John Duncklee's memoirs remind us that individualism, personal courage, and honesty can still thrive in America." Jim Woolard award winning author of Thunder in the Valley, Winds of Autumn, Blood at Dawn and Cold Moon "In his fascinating memoir, John Duncklee shows how an East Coast outcast became a cowboy, rancher, student, wrangler, teacher, environmentalist, lecturer, furniture marker, rebel, reprobate, and one of the original voices of contemporary Southwestern literature. Writers, readers, ranchers, and working cowhands everywhere should all be grateful John Duncklee bit that silver spoon and lived to write about it." Johnny D. Boggs two-time Spur Award-winning author of Camp Ford and East of the Border "I Bit the Silver Spoon in the authentic life-story of a died-in-the-wool cowpoke still writing and raising hell down New Mexico-way. John Duncklee is the last of a dying breed-a cowboy-adventurer out of the pages of Louis L'Amour or Luke Short, with a torch of the mad, irascible poet added like whiskey to campfire coffee. How Big John came West, and all he did out there amidst the sage and saguaros, after growing up amongst Eastern wealth, is riveting poetic, inspiring, bittersweet reading. Peter Brandold author of the Lou Prophet and Rogue Lawman novels published by Berkley

Biografía del autor

John Duncklee is the author of twelve books and numerous short stories, essays and poetry. In this autobiography, John displays the powerful writing styles that has won him fans and distinguished his writing over the years. He can be powerfully persuasive; kind, gentle and attentively empathetic; honest, straightforward, and direct; and he can write subtle humor and satire that ranks with the best of American authors. I Bit the Silver Spoon is a tour de force of western literature.

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0595532462
ISBN 13 
9780595532469
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
172
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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