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High prairie / E.E. Halleran.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023Copyright date: ©1950Edition: Center Point Large Print editionDescription: 293 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781638089032
  • 1638089035
  • 9781638089070
  • 1638089078
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "When the snow melted, tempers tightened in the Big Horn Basin. Men muttered of trouble coming - between small ranchers and big combines - between nesters and cattlemen. Big trouble, killing trouble. Over in Johnson County, they said, the war had already started. Hired gunmen, a small army of professional killers, were raiding and burning, slaughtering anyone who stood against them. Dave Ashmead was an honest, hard-working, small rancher who wanted to keep peace in the valley, but he was stuck in the middle. As far as the nesters were concerned, he was a cattleman and not to be trusted. But to the combines, he was considered no better than a nester - taking up valuable rangeland they wanted, and probably a rustler. He could see valid points to both sides as well as faults on both sides and knew things could be worked out if everyone would be reasonable. But sometimes, the only way to restore peace is to bring out the guns and crack a few heads. If they insisted on a fight, he'd be ready. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction New WESTERN HALLERAN E. E. Available 33111011216237
Large Print Book Large Print Book Northport Library Large Print Fiction WESTERN HALLERAN E. E. Available 33111011144777
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When the snow melted, tempers tightened in the Big Horn Basin. Men muttered of trouble coming -- between small ranchers and big combines -- between nesters and cattlemen. Big trouble, killing trouble. Over in Johnson County, they said, the war had already started. Hired gunmen, a small army of professional killers, were raiding and burning, slaughtering anyone who stood against them.

Regular print version originally published in the U.S. by Macrae Smith Company.

"When the snow melted, tempers tightened in the Big Horn Basin. Men muttered of trouble coming - between small ranchers and big combines - between nesters and cattlemen. Big trouble, killing trouble. Over in Johnson County, they said, the war had already started. Hired gunmen, a small army of professional killers, were raiding and burning, slaughtering anyone who stood against them. Dave Ashmead was an honest, hard-working, small rancher who wanted to keep peace in the valley, but he was stuck in the middle. As far as the nesters were concerned, he was a cattleman and not to be trusted. But to the combines, he was considered no better than a nester - taking up valuable rangeland they wanted, and probably a rustler. He could see valid points to both sides as well as faults on both sides and knew things could be worked out if everyone would be reasonable. But sometimes, the only way to restore peace is to bring out the guns and crack a few heads. If they insisted on a fight, he'd be ready. "-- Provided by publisher.

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