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02233aam a22004098i 4500 001 7B21B6C46AA411EB90829B3829ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210209010015 008 200309t20202020meu jd 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020011844 020 $a 1432861190 020 $a 9781432861193 035 $a (OCoLC)1143846329 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3613.I55264 $b P56 2020b 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Miller, Rod, $d 1952- $e author. 245 10 $a Pinebox Collins (Large Type) / $c by Rod Miller. 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 2010 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2020. 300 $a 351 pages cm. 490 0 $a Thorndike press large print western 520 $a "Jonathan Collins is a relatively young man when he loses a leg in the Civil War, but he quickly learns to cope. He carves his own wooden leg, then he turns his skills to making coffins and, finally, undertaking. Since both trades are best plied where there's a constant need, he sets up shop in violent towns, and in one of those towns he meets Wild Bill Hickock. These towns are no place for a lonely man, so Jon, now nicknamed "Pinebox," relocates to Utah, meets a girl, and learns real carpentry; but then his hopes for the future are dashed and the girl is lost. Pinebox takes up drinking alone. Soon, his story revolves around meetings with Hickock. Each visit involves outlawry and requires a new wooden leg. Even after Hickock dies, he still calls to Pinebox, and there is a story there in the cards carved on Pinebox's latest leg. Miller's latest (Father unto Many Sons, 2018) is a mystery for Western lovers"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Large print edition. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040110.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022402.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063446.0 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20210603010737.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20210521010351.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20210428012009.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20210402013358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B21B6C46AA411EB90829B3829ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search