Description
In this lively Western novel, Nellie Courtright leaves behind her Southern upbringing and settles with her brother in a rough frontier town after the loss of her parents. Intelligent, independent, and determined to shape her own destiny, she becomes an unlikely witness to—and participant in—the rapid transformation of the American West. Through Nellie’s adventures, the novel explores independence, survival, gender roles, and the uneasy collision between frontier myth and modern progress. With wry humor and vivid historical detail, it offers an affectionate yet satirical portrait of the Old West and the people who built their lives amid its changes.
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Published Jan 1, 2006
530 pages
ISBN: 9780739470169
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry.