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Author:

Miller, Rod, 1952- author.

Title:

Pinebox Collins (Large Type) / by Rod Miller.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

351 pages cm.

Subject:

Large print edition.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Thorndike press large print western

ISBN:

1432861190
9781432861193

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1143846329

LCCN:

2020011844

Locations:

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)