Gambling man /
Adams, Clifton,
Gambling man / Clifton Adams. - 232 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Jeff Blaine has been raised in Plainsville by his Aunt Beulah and Uncle Wirt from a baby, after his mother died in childbirth and his father Nate blew out of town. Twelve years later Nate returns, looking for a rest and a reconciliation with the son he never knew. But Nate's a gambler and a hellraiser - and upon learning that Jeff is following in his footsteps, Beulah spreads a simple but poisonous lie that ensures he disappears again, wanted for robbery and murder. When Jeff, now a young man, discovers his aunt's treachery, he vows never to forgive her. Then an old comrade of his pa's brings news: Nate is in Mexico, running from a firing squad. The only thing that will save him is five thousand dollars. And the only way to get it is by robbing a bank...
9781785418587 1785418580
GBC082529 bnb
019835304 Uk
Fugitives from justice--Fiction.
Bank robberies--Fiction.
Western stories.
Large type books.
Western fiction.
Gambling man / Clifton Adams. - 232 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Jeff Blaine has been raised in Plainsville by his Aunt Beulah and Uncle Wirt from a baby, after his mother died in childbirth and his father Nate blew out of town. Twelve years later Nate returns, looking for a rest and a reconciliation with the son he never knew. But Nate's a gambler and a hellraiser - and upon learning that Jeff is following in his footsteps, Beulah spreads a simple but poisonous lie that ensures he disappears again, wanted for robbery and murder. When Jeff, now a young man, discovers his aunt's treachery, he vows never to forgive her. Then an old comrade of his pa's brings news: Nate is in Mexico, running from a firing squad. The only thing that will save him is five thousand dollars. And the only way to get it is by robbing a bank...
9781785418587 1785418580
GBC082529 bnb
019835304 Uk
Fugitives from justice--Fiction.
Bank robberies--Fiction.
Western stories.
Large type books.
Western fiction.