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Iron mustang

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Description: "All Slocum and his friends were after was the money they busted their butts for. But chasing it down turned into the biggest mistake of their lives. The trouble started when they stopped the wrong train and found themselves in the thick of the wildest getaway ever conceived. Captives of a small army of experienced killers in a brothel on wheels, they were trapped on an iron mustang that was surely bound for hell"--Back cover.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1978]
Call number: 644158
Creator: Logan, Jake(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0867211024; 9780867211023; 0872164756; 9780872164758
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Donald Duke, 2015.

Slocum's raid

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"Slocum was after an army payroll worth half a million dollars. He had seven men to do it with, half of them fighting over the hot little blonde, the other half looking to kill him as soon as he turned his back. Then there were the federal troops scouring the country, trying to nail his hide. One thing was for sure: Slocum was either going to come out of this rich - or dead"--Back cover.

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Mana's story

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Mana and the other Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, search for food on the edge of a great marsh and fight a new enemy, the dangerous killers whom they name the demon men.

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Crossword error

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Approx. 12 items: letters and post cards sent by readers complaining that LAT ran the same crossword puzzle on two consecutive days. Subsequent memos and form letters explain that the mistake/misprint appeared in 2,000 copies of LAT. Readers were sent the puzzle that they missed.

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Tom Logan letters to Maude Hurd

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Small group of letters includes 12 letters from Tom Logan to Maude Hurd and 1 letter from Hurd to Logan from 1884 through 1885. In Logan's letters, he describes events on the Southern Great Plains, including the dispatch of his company to help control the incursions of Euro-American settlers into lands within the Indian Territory (foreshadowing the land rushes of 1889 and 1893). They offer insight into his views of Indians and of the western landscape where he served. Additionally, they offer insights into the rituals and rhetoric of courtship. Logans' letters contain varied assertions and entreaties about the pace of his efforts, the sincerity of his feelings and the depth of his commitment. In Hurd's only letter to him, she closes the circle by her excoriation of him for having abandoned their correspondence. There is a transcript included with each letter.

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Machu Picchu

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"What is it that drives so many people to visit, sometimes with great difficulty, this remarkable place? It has an appeal that surely goes beyond the attraction of the usual honey pot. It provides a glimpse of a lost world, hidden from man until its discovery, in 1911, by Hiram Bingham. It is one of the most beautiful sights on earth but, as visitors swarm over the walls and terraces, it is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success. Get there soon, as there are rumors they will have to build a replica before the real Machu Picchu is trampled to death"--From photographer's essay.

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Naksan

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"...Naksan is located on the east coast of the Korean peninsula. The name is taken from a beach overlooking the Sea of Japan (East Sea). This book was conceived during the heavy snow storms of February 2010. The photos are therefore characterized by details of crashing waves on the snow covered seashore. They are also dominated by a blank plane in the lower half of the image. This is where the snow has accumulated on the beach. The snow is then rendered as a singular flat surface devoid of scale or perspective. Accentuating the horizon line that cuts midway through the pictorial plane"--Publisher's description.

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