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Escape to Butterfly Ave is a coming-of-age dramedy that highlights a skateboarder-turned-father striving to maintain a bond with his teething daughter during the pandemic.
Throughout this fateful weekend, numerous challenges ramp for Al, including a brawl with his drug-dealing neighbor and a fish fry showdown with his baby's momma's momma--the infamous, Miss Jackson.
Will he witness the bloom of his little butterfly from another jail cell,...
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xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Almost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) cemented his reputation as one of the great American directors with movies such as The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Max Evans, one of Peckinpah's best friends, experienced the director's mercurial character and personal demons firsthand. In this enthralling memoir we follow Evans and Peckinpah through conversations in bars,...
8) Rounders 3
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Legendary Western writer Max Evans takes you into the heart of Hi Lo Country to spend a little time with cowboys who work hard, play hard, live hard- and have a great time being cowboys in this collection of all three of Evans' classic novels.
The Rounders: Two stove-up cowboys, Dusty Jones and Wrangler Lewis, set out to break a wild roan named Old Fooler- part horse, part devil- if he doesn't break them first!...
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Short stories and three novellas by award-winning chronicler of the American West, Max Evans.
Prolific writer Max Evans produced a wide-ranging body of work representing several genres. From among his numerous publications, Evans selected personal favorites for this collection, which spans most of his writing career. In addition to an essay about a maverick film director- "Sam Peckinpah: A Very Personal Remembrance"- this...
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180 pages ; 24 cm
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"From 2004 to 2009, the Albuquerque Journal North ran the ¡ÓRALE! SANTA FE column by Santa Fe native and veteran journalist Arnold Vigil. Vigil's local perspective and humorous insights about Santa Fe, its inhabitants, and visitors struck a chord with readers - native Nuevomexicanos and long-time residents alike. Santa Fe Different is a selection of Vigil's columns, mostly standing the test of time. Santa Fe is ever-changing, but remains a little...
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The "Wild West" stories of Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone pale in comparison to the incredible story of Las Vegas, New Mexico, for decades considered the most violent community on America's Western frontier. In "Wildest of the Wild West," popular Western historian Howard Bryan provides a spirited account of the violent, melodramatic, and often bizarre events that centered in and around this small Hispanic farm and ranching community from 1835...
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ix, 166 pages ; 23 cm
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"Set in the late 1950s, the novel tells the stories of sharp-witted Zacharias Chacon, aspiring artist Shaw Spencer, and a circle of characters who drink, fight, love, argue, and -- mostly -- talk. Readers will enjoy this witty and moving evocation of unforgettable characters as they look for work, love, comfort, dignity, and bottomless oblivion." --
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