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Tucker's reckoning a Ralph Compton novel

Ever since he lost his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. Now, far from his native Texas in Oregon's Rogue River region, Tucker secretly watches as two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and makes it to...

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Main Authors: Compton, Ralph, Mayo, Matthew P. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Signet, [2013]
Subjects:
Oregon > Fiction.
Western stories > Oregon.
Summary: Ever since he lost his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. Now, far from his native Texas in Oregon's Rogue River region, Tucker secretly watches as two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and makes it to the next town.
Item Description: At head of title: Ralph Compton.
Physical Description: 298 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9780451465481 (pbk.)
0451465482 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Ralph Compton stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail , was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for Best Debut Novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Riders series and the Border Empire series.

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