Description
When a stagecoach bound for Bisbee, Arizona, is ambushed by four ruthless robbers, its mismatched passengers are forced into a desperate flight across the unforgiving desert. Among them is John Russell, an Apache-raised man whose quiet reserve and outsider status conceal a fierce moral clarity, while greed, betrayal, and prejudice begin to expose the weaknesses behind the passengers’ veneer of respectability. As food and water dwindle, survival depends on choices that reveal who truly possesses courage and integrity. Told with lean, unsentimental precision, this powerful Western examines racism, hypocrisy, and the difference between civilized appearances and genuine decency.
Available Editions
paperback
William Morrow Paperbacks
Published Aug 21, 2012
192 pages
ISBN: 9780062206114
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Details
First Published
1980
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Hombre by Elmore Leonard.