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A chi è rivolto
Readers who like Western ranch stories full of rustlers, bunkhouse suspicion, desert chases and mysteries, plus a warm romance and a hero with a secret to keep.
Che cos’è questo libro
A man steps off a train in an Arizona cow town, ready to see the ranch he bought just before the war. Then he learns the ranch belongs to someone else, and that the papers say he is dead. Shoe-Bar Stratton is a Western novel by Joseph Bushnell Ames. Buck Stratton comes home from France with a healed head wound and a lost year he cannot remember. Instead of claiming what is his, he takes a false name and begins to watch. Around him wait a tough foreman, a watchful bunkhouse, and a girl who runs the ranch with rare courage.
In questo riassunto
- 1A rancher returns to a stolen ranchFree
- 2A girl owner and a hired hand
- 3A bunkhouse that does not want him
- 4A wounded man tells of a plot
- 5A knife in the dark and a letter to the sheriff
- 6Blackleg, a forged note and a fight
- 7The north pasture and the gray motorcar
- 8The secret, a trap and a threat
- 9What the story is about and how it is told
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A rancher returns to a stolen ranch
Buck Stratton gets off a little train at Paloma Springs in the heat of September. A fresh scar hides in his hair. He has spent months in a hospital, and one whole year of his life has vanished from his mind.
He bought the Shoe-Bar ranch a week before he enlisted and never saw it again. In the village store, talkative old Pop Daggett tells him that a man named Thorne turned up with a deed claiming Stratton sold the place. Thorne is dead now, and his daughter Mary owns it.
Buck knows no such sale took place. He tells no one who he is, and he rents a horse to see the ranch for himself.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Shoe-Bar Stratton
What is Shoe-Bar Stratton about?
It follows a rancher who comes home from the First World War with no memory of a year and finds his Arizona ranch claimed by another family. He works there under a false name to uncover who is behind the trouble.
Who is Tex Lynch in Shoe-Bar Stratton?
Tex Lynch is the handsome foreman of the Shoe-Bar ranch. He seems efficient, but he drives off honest cowhands, lets rustling go on and watches the new hired man closely.
Is Shoe-Bar Stratton a true story?
No. It is a work of fiction by Joseph Bushnell Ames, set after the First World War, though it uses real details of ranching, trail riding and cattle disease for its setting.
What does blackleg mean in the book?
Blackleg is a deadly, spreading disease of young cattle. Ranchers fear it, and in the story it shows how far some men will go to harm a ranch.
Is Shoe-Bar Stratton easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that its chapters are short and its plot is clear. Cliffhangers, lively bunkhouse talk and plain, direct prose keep the story moving from scene to scene.