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One of Americas favorite writers captures the wild and glorious spirit of the American West Set against a breathtaking landscape painted with eloquent stories here are the extraordinary characters the desperate odds and the spirit of a wild frontier as only Elmore Leonard can evoke them In these three classic novels Leonard has crafted raw hard-bitten tales of courage treachery and redemption In The Bounty Hunters a cavalryman turned Indian scout rides after an Apache renegadewhile he himself is pursued by a hate-filled relationship with a powerful army commander In Forty Lashes Less One two prisoners search for a way out of a hellhole of hatred and sufferingand find it in a crazed violent contest And in Gunsights an Arizona land war draws a carnival of reporters photographers and spectators while it puts two fierce frontier fighters and best friends on opposite sides of a deadly serious fight Elmore Leonardxs electrifying western novels many captured on film stand as some of the most vivid writing of his career Crackling with Leonardxs trademark dialogue set against a beautifully evoked landscape here are classic works that capture the wild and glorious spirit of the American West.
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Elmore Leonard wrote forty-five novels and nearly as many western and crime short stories across his highly successful career that spanned more than six decades. Some of his bestsellers include Road Dogs, Up in Honey's Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories Fire in the Hole. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch, which became Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Justified, the hit series from FX, is based on Leonard's character Raylan Givens, who appears in Riding the Rap, Pronto, Raylan and the short story "Fire in the Hole". He was a recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA, and the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He was known to many as the 'Dickens of Detroit' and was a long-time resident of the Detroit area.
