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Whispering Sands: Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert
Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert
Author: Erle Stanley Gardner, Charles G. Waugh (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor)
Erle Stanley Gardner wrote these adventure stories during the Great Depression, after traveling through the Southwest and collecting legends about Western Americana and the lure of gold. The hero of most of these stories is Bob Zane, a seasoned prospector who not only knows the western deserts, but also knows the criminal mind and the laws that ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688004743
ISBN-10: 0688004741
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 323
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Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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Exactly the kind of western stories you'd expect to find in a men's magazine, as this is where they were originally published in the 1930s. The plots in these nine short stories aren't overly complicated, the characters are often two-dimensional and you just have to accept some of the things which happen. But if you are a lover of Westerns, you'll still find most of them entertaining reading.


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