Name: St. Agnes’ Stand [Idioma Inglés]
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Author: Thomas Eidson
ISBN: 9780007329557

portada St. Agnes’ Stand [Idioma Inglés]

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Eidson

Publisher

HarperCollins

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

194

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780007329557

St. Agnes’ Stand [Idioma Inglés]

Thomas Eidson (Author) · HarperCollins · Paperback

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Synopsis "St. Agnes’ Stand [Idioma Inglés] "

Set in New Mexico, St Agnes’ Stand is a classic story of the American West.Nat Swanson is on the run from a mob of Texas cowboys. He has killed a man in a fair fight, but the man’s friends believe he was shot in the back and set out to string Swanson up for murder. A bullet in his leg slows him down and with the posse closing in, his chances of survival look dim. Trying desperately to get to sanctuary in California, he comes upon two freight wagons besieged by Apaches, and, against his better judgment, stops to help. He kills one of the Indians with his grandfather's antique crossbow, buying time for whoever survives behind the wagons. Thinking he's done his good deed, he continues his flight. One of those trapped, however, is 76-year-old Sister Agnes, who prays to God for a man to deliver her, her fellow nuns and the seven orphans they are transporting.Sister Agnes is convinced that Nat Swanson has been sent by God to rescue them. Swanson is equally convinced that the best they can hope for is not to be taken alive. And for five gruesome days in the blazing heat and dust, faith fights with humanity for the simple right to exist.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Thomas Eidson

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Thomas Eidson (born in 1944) is an American author known for his novels set in the 19th century Old West. He began his literary career at the age of 50 with St. Agnes' Stand (1994), which was praised for its narrative and setting.

His most notable work is The Last Ride (1995), published in Spanish as La última galopada. This novel was adapted into a film in 2003 by director Ron Howard under the title The Missing (Desapariciones in some Spanish-speaking countries), starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. Eidson continued to explore the western genre with titles such as All God's Children (1996) and Hannah's Gift (1998), establishing himself as a notable voice in contemporary American Western literature.

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