Ron Hansen
1) The Kid
Author
Formats
Description
"A new novel from Ron Hansen, the award-winning author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand--a skill that both got him into...
Author
Publication Date
2000, c1999
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
A fictionalized account of Hitler's love affair with his niece, Geli, whose guardian he became after her father's death. He puts her up in his apartment, teaches her to make love his way and shoots her in a fit of jealousy. Officially, she committed suicide. By the author of Atticus.
Series
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xvi, 1094 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Set in Nevada in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a gripping story about the perils of lynch law and the fragility of civilized norms in the West. Outraged by reports of the murder of a rancher and the theft of cattle, a posse of vigilantes sets out to find the culprits but instead targets three strangers who are innocent of the crime. Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for 1940, offers a powerful exploration of group...
Publication Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Somewhere along the mid-nineteenth century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.


