Hondo (1953)
“He had shot men in the back, and he would not hesitate to do so again. Yet he loved life and loved it dearly, and in that awful moment of realization he saw in the clear, sharp beauty of the morning what wasted years he had left behind. He looked over at Lowe, started to speak.
And he hesitated. Lowe was alert, tense. His rifle was ready. Lowe was a killer, as are many cowardly things, and he could not accept that there should live things and persons superior to him. Angie's father had always b...een a better man, but wanting the ranch, Ed Lowe had played a game, fooling the father more successfully than he could ever fool the daughter.
Their horses walked in the soft earth. They moved forward, step by step. Before them their view of the arroyo widened, the morning grew brighter. The sun lay against the far bank and at their backs, for they had circled for this advantage, so that Hondo would have to fire into the glare of the sun.
Phalinger heard a bird call. He heard the soft fall of his horses hoofs.MoreLess
And he hesitated. Lowe was alert, tense. His rifle was ready. Lowe was a killer, as are many cowardly things, and he could not accept that there should live things and persons superior to him. Angie's father had always b...een a better man, but wanting the ranch, Ed Lowe had played a game, fooling the father more successfully than he could ever fool the daughter.
Their horses walked in the soft earth. They moved forward, step by step. Before them their view of the arroyo widened, the morning grew brighter. The sun lay against the far bank and at their backs, for they had circled for this advantage, so that Hondo would have to fire into the glare of the sun.
Phalinger heard a bird call. He heard the soft fall of his horses hoofs.MoreLess
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Guest 10 months ago
This is a good story but there is NO mention of how she gets her supplies and has grain and hay for the horses etc. Something lacking here and Lamour is very often a bit sloppy.ndlike now.Not as good a story as it is made out to be. TheTalon carpenter/boat-builder is superior, as id the one on ALaska.
Guest 10 months ago
Another Lamour silly error. She did NOT "pick a basin with a creek". It was her father who did and who built andlived in the cabin she now occupies with her son.Write Review:
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