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Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

Thirty years ago, if you’d asked someone to name the most important writers in America, Cormac McCarthy would not have b...

1985 37 ed.
Jesus' son
Jesus' son

by Denis Johnson

A salesman who shared his liquor and steered while sleeping... A Cherokee filled with bourbon... A VW no more than a bub...

1992 7 ed.
Little Town on the Prairie
Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

One evening at supper, Pa asked, " How would you like to work in town, Laura?"

1941 58 ed.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake-not a very big one.

1985 26 ed.
The Long Winter
The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The mowing machine's whirring sounded cheerfully from the old buffalo wallow south of the claim shanty, where bluestem g...

1940 62 ed.
By the Shores of Silver Lake
By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura was washing the dishes one morning when old Jack, lying in the sunshine on the doorstep, growled to tell her that ...

1924 62 ed.
Horseman, pass by
Horseman, pass by

by Larry McMurtry

For dessert that night Halmea made a big freezerful of peach ice cream, rich as Jersey milk and thick with hunks of swee...

1961 14 ed.
The Revenant
The Revenant

by Michael Punke

My keelboat from St. Louis is due here any day, Monsieur Ashley."

2002 3 ed.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California.

1937 292 ed.