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The gambler's apprentice / H. Lee Barnes.
- Title
- The gambler's apprentice / H. Lee Barnes.
- Author
- Barnes, H. Lee, 1944-
- Publication
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3552.A673854 G36 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 292 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Gambler{u2019}s Apprentice tells the story of a teenage boy growing up in Texas during desperate times. Willy, wise and capable beyond his years, learns the gambler{u2019}s trade and experiences adventures that demand quick wits{u2014}and sometimes violent actions. This is a multilayered story, full of Old West motifs such as cattle-rustling and gunfights along with more modern twists. Starting with a cattle-rustling scheme involving his father, Willy embarks on a life of crime early, eventually landing in a Laredo jail for shooting a man. During his incarceration he meets Sonny Archer, an itinerant gambler, who teaches Willy how to be a cardsharp. Upon his release, Willy roams the country, honing his new talent and getting into more trouble. During his time in New Orleans, Willy even winds up in a confrontation with an Italian crime ring. While all these adventures mold Willy into a clever card player and a masterful fortune-hunter, his grand ambition to be a professional gambler is thwarted when the influenza epidemic strikes. Willy is forced to return home to his family{u2019}s Texas ranch, where he faces the most challenging test of his young life and begins to prove that he is far more than simply an apprentice.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Western stories
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780874179989
- 087417998X
- LCCN
- ^^2015033800
- OCLC
- 921926681
- SCSB-10819078
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library