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Cloudy in the west

A gentle Texas boy is forced by harsh circumstances to come of age while on the run from both the law and a murderous stepmother.

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  • "A gentle Texas boy is forced by harsh circumstances to come of age while on the run from both the law and a murderous stepmother."@en
  • "Read by Elmer Kelton."
  • "On loan from CTLS."
  • "In the Texas backlands in 1885, twelve-year-old Joey Shipman's father dies under mysterious circumstances, and the boy is forced to live with his stepmother and Blair Meacham, a hanger-on at the farm. After the death of a black farmhand and friend, and another "accident" that almost takes Joey's life, the boy runs away and joins forces with his only kin--Beau Shipman, a drunk and a jailbird. Beau, along with an outlaw, a San Antonio prostitute, and a sheepman, become Joey's unlikely partners as he is trailed by their murderous Meacham, in league with Joey's stepmother in their scheme to inherit the Shipman farm. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied."@en
  • "Twelve-year-old Joey Shipman runs away from his stepmother's home, only to find that a murderous relative is on his trail and that his only hope lies in the help of a drunk, a prostitute, an outlaw, and a sheepman."@en
  • "In 1880s Texas after his father dies, Joey Shipman, 12, runs away from home to avoid being killed by his mother's lover who doesn't want Joey to inherit the ranch. Joey joins a band of outlaws and after many adventures returns to the ranch for a shootout to take possession of what is by right his."
  • "When twelve-year-old Joey Shipman's beloved Pa dies in a mysterious accident, Joey is orphaned and forced to live with his stepmother, Dulcie, and a hanger-on at the farm, a slick-talking cousin of Dulcie's, named Blair Meacham. After Joey is nearly killed in a series of inexplicable accidents, he runs away. Awarded The best Western Writer by the Western Writers of America."
  • "When twelve-year-old Joey Shipman's beloved Pa dies, he is orphaned and forced to live with his stepmother. He runs away from her after a series of "accidents" that nearly kill him, and turns to the only people he can trust: the whiskey-soured Beau Shipman, his only kin; the outlaw Miller Dawson; Alta, a San Antonio prostitute; and Alister McIntosh, a sheepman who understands Joey better than anyone."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Western stories"

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  • "Cloudy in the west"
  • "Cloudy in the west"@en
  • "Cloudy in the West"
  • "Cloudy in the West"@en

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