The last running : a story
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Austin : Encino Press, c1974.
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47 pages : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
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Published
Austin : Encino Press, c1974.
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Two old-timers lock horns in this lean, affecting short story set in 1923 and permeated with nostalgia for the Old West. One is gruff, tobacco-chewing Tom Bird, a Texas rancher; the other a sullen Comanche ex-war-chief named Starlight. Years earlier, they squared off in near-fatal combat. Now, Starlight and his party of eight Comanche men, on a stopover from Oklahoma, demand that Bird donate his largest bull, Shakespeare, for sacrifice. The almost ritualistic slaying is a botched, bloody mess. What is unspoken between the two protagonists--mutual respect, a nascent fraternal bond--is at least as important as what is made explicit. Graves ( From a Limestone Ledge ) has written a suggestive parable that looks back to a time when the prairies were not lacerated by wire fences. Groth's wiry, kinetic line drawings underscore the clash between two cultures, two destinies.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Graves, J., & Groth, J. (1974). The last running: a story . Encino Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Graves, John, 1920-2013 and John Groth. 1974. The Last Running: A Story. Encino Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Graves, John, 1920-2013 and John Groth. The Last Running: A Story Encino Press, 1974.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Graves, John, and John Groth. The Last Running: A Story Encino Press, 1974.
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