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Nevin's history : a novel of Texas
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Nevin's history : a novel of Texas

Author: Jim Sanderson
Publisher: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The turbulent lower Rio Grande valley of the 1870s is the backdrop of this epic historical novel of romance, violence, and the struggle for civilization on the frontier. Against that backdrop protagonist Andrew Nevin, news-paper reporter, Civil War draft dodger, informer, and self-professed coward, tells a story of three legendary figures: Texas Rangers John "Rip" Ford and Lee H. McNelly and the bandit mayor of  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Western stories
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Sanderson, Jim, 1953-
Nevin's history.
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2004
(OCoLC)607191091
Named Person: John Salmon Ford; Juan N Cortina; Leander H McNelly
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jim Sanderson
ISBN: 0896725189 9780896725188
OCLC Number: 53138473
Description: 277 p. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Jim Sanderson.

Abstract:

The turbulent lower Rio Grande valley of the 1870s is the backdrop of this epic historical novel of romance, violence, and the struggle for civilization on the frontier. Against that backdrop protagonist Andrew Nevin, news-paper reporter, Civil War draft dodger, informer, and self-professed coward, tells a story of three legendary figures: Texas Rangers John "Rip" Ford and Lee H. McNelly and the bandit mayor of Matamoros, Juan Cortina.

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