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^ Read ! Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Wayfaring Stranger In his most ambitious work yet, "New York Times" bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life. A tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, "Wayfaring Stranger" "is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream" (Benjamin Percy, "Poets & Writers").. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. In 1934, si
| Title | : | Wayfaring Stranger |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594138435 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 626 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
In his most ambitious work yet, "New York Times" bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life. A tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, "Wayfaring Stranger" "is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream" (Benjamin Percy, "Poets & Writers").. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. Ten years later, Second Lieutenan
James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the authorofmore thanthirtyprevious novels andtwo collections of short stories, including such "New York Times" bestsellers as "Light of the World", "Creole Belle", "Swan Peak", "The Tin Roof Blowdown", and "Feast Day of Fools".He lives in Missoula, Montana.
An unparalleled and unforgettable story Fiktshun James Lee Burke's WAYFARING STRANGER is a richly imagined, sweeping tale that will take readers back to a time in America's history that still retained some of its innocence. The story invites readers to follow along with Weldon Avery Holland as he struggles to hang on to who he is, his values and his beliefs through war, corruption and when faced with the depths of evil that men will go to.From a run-in with the Barrow Gang, to the final stages of the European Theater of World War II, to t. Another masterpiece from James Lee Burke One of JLB's best novels. Expands story line to early days of Weldon Holland, grandson of legendary Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland, into to his later life living in Texas. Covers Weldon's teenage encounter with Bonnie and Clyde. Then shifts to his involvement in action at the Battle of the Bulge where with help from, Herschel, his rifle company's sergent, Weldon rescues Rosita his future wife from a Nazi concentration camp. After the war Weldon and Herschel start a very successful pipeline . Graphic Language I enjoyed, immensely, the language that James Lee Burke used to paint his word pictures. So many moments were brought alive for me. If this were to become movie the set designers would have little work to do. It had been done for them. The intertwining of the social class with the glaring differences of their values is superb.
The wartime scenes showcase Burke at his best—vivid, finely wrought, highly evocative writing A wonderful slice of midcentury American life overlaid with the roiling drama of individual lives as only Burke can portray them.” (Booklist (starred review))“Burke's fans will recognize his lyrical strengths regarding the themes of social justice and class struggle, violence set to a stunning backdrop of natural beauty and destruction, and a Gulf Coast region that includes historically accurate details to delight Texas and Louisiana natives. A reader always knows where he is in time and place in a James Lee Burke novel because these are elegantly conveyed in a completely
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