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"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a gra...
| Main Author: | Watson, Larry, 1947- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which scores are settled, ultimatums are issued, and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic, he's a wild card and a threat." -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
341 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781616205713 1616205717 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |