Book - Larry McMurtry - "Boone's Lick"

A Novel. In the Old West, killers, scalpers, gunslingers & backstabbers ruled the land without fear, confident they were the most dangerous people on the prairie. Then Mary Margaret showed up with her kids. In the backwater town of Boone's Lick, Missouri. Boone's Lick abounds with the incidents, the excitements, & the dangers of life on the plains. Its huge case of characters includes such historical figures as Wild Bill Hickok & the unfortunate Colonel Fetterman (whose arrogance & ineptitude led to one of the U.S. Army's worst & bloodiest defeats at the hands of the Cheyenne & Sioux) as well as the Cecil family (itself based on a real family of 19th century traders & haulers). ...Story continues on. Very well told story-a perfect western tale. Hardback w/jacket cover, Excellent Condition, 287pages. Preowned