HondoHondo
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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, Bantam hardcover ed, Available .A hardcover collector's volume of the tale originally published in 1953 alongside the eponymous John Wayne movie features self-reliant hero Hondo Lane and collects his adventures as well as those of the characters of Angie Lowe and Vittoro.
In the aftermath of an Apache uprising, Hondo Lane, a U.S. Cavalry dispatcher tries to convince Angie Low and her son, Johnny, to leave their isolated ranch and flee with him to safety.
Two men. One woman. A land that demanded courage—or death...
He was a man etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
In the aftermath of an Apache uprising, Hondo Lane, a U.S. Cavalry dispatcher tries to convince Angie Low and her son, Johnny, to leave their isolated ranch and flee with him to safety.
Two men. One woman. A land that demanded courage—or death...
He was a man etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
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- New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 2004, c1997.
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