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01941aam a22003255 4500 001 9C6C23600E9211EFA4661BFE4AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240510010030 008 240423s2024 xx d 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9798891641396 : LIB 040 $d SILO 050 $a PS 082 $a 813 100 $a Vaughan, Robert 245 02 $a A Rambling Man / Robert Vaughan. 250 $a Large print. 264 1 $a Maine. $b Center Point Pub $c 2024 300 $a 500 p. ; 520 $a Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. 520 $a When the war ends, Lucas and almost 1,500 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which has a capacity of just under 400 passengers. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift. 520 $a Returning home to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Lucas becomes a police officer. At the time, Cape Girardeau policemen received no salary, but were paid for specific tasks, including receiving bounties for prisoners captured. Lucas also finds an unexpected love interest in a journalist who works for the Cape Girardeau newspaper. Tragedy strikes, and Lucas finds himself no longer able to remain in Cape Girardeau. He begins a western drift, rambling without a specific destination. He becomes a bounty hunter, and is very successful at it, eventually finding an opportunity to settle accounts with an old enemy. 650 $a Westerns $x Fiction. 650 $a Action & Adventure $x Fiction. 650 $a Historical General $x Fiction. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l RQPC397 $d 20240517013952.0 952 $l FHPB224 $d 20240510121031.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20240510010210.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9C6C23600E9211EFA4661BFE4AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search