The outlaw's violin, or, Farewell, old West
"Roaming the deserts of the far West, Kid Fraser could be in for a mean life and an early grave, the fate of many an outlaw. But that was to change, dating to the Kid's time with the beguiling wire dancer La Violetta. Further, there was the advice offered by a poet-prospector recently sprung (or esc...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego, CA :
Sunbelt Publications, Inc.,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "Roaming the deserts of the far West, Kid Fraser could be in for a mean life and an early grave, the fate of many an outlaw. But that was to change, dating to the Kid's time with the beguiling wire dancer La Violetta. Further, there was the advice offered by a poet-prospector recently sprung (or escaped?) from a Utah insane asylum. But what really set the Kid on a better path was "the strumming of strings" of his homemade violin, crafted from scrap redwood and a coyote melon gourd. Decorated with doggerel and inked images, it mirrors his shift from a would-be desperado to a kindly frontier musician"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 141 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781941384497 1941384498 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
