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310 to Yuma and Other Stories by Leonard, Elmore is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Review Even the earliest of his western yarns show Leonard to be a master storyteller. (Los Angeles Times ) Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever. (USA Today ) Product Description No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre. In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two "pointless" stories, as he describes them -- Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one, which would give him a better chance to be published while he learned to write. In choosing between crime and Westerns, the latter had an irresistible pull -- Leonard loved movies set in the West. As he researched deeper into settings, Arizona in the 1880s captured his imagination: the Spanish influence, the standoffs and shootouts between Apache Indians and the U.S. cavalry ... His first dozen stories sold for 2 cents a word, for $100 each. The rest is history. This first-ever complete collection of Leonard's thirty Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre, his die-hard fans, and eve

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Author

Leonard, Elmore

Publisher

W&N

Published

2004

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Westerns