The Resource Friends call me bat, by Paul Colt, (large type)
Friends call me bat, by Paul Colt, (large type)
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The item Friends call me bat, by Paul Colt, (large type) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Known for his historical fiction and Great Western Detective League series, Colt (Sycamore Promises, 2018) uses an inventive narrative format to deftly weave adventure, nostalgia, American history, and biography together. Colt imagines real-life friends Damon Runyon (famed journalist and short story author) and Bartholemew William Barclay ""Bat"" Masterson (larger-than-life buffalo hunter, lawman, professional gambler, and boxing aficionado) reminiscing at various New York City steakhouses and delicatessens. Masterson looks back on his youth, recounting his exploits across the West and loyal friendships with larger-than-life personalities like Wyatt Earp and Theodore Roosevelt. In one vignette, Masterson details how sharpshooter Bill Tilghman took out a mounted Indian from nearly a mile away during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. Runyon drinks it all in; these yarns help develop the Nathan Detroit character for his musical, Guys and Dolls. Masterson, in Colt's novel as in history, describes the West as it evolves from a wild frontier to a civilized land, using evocative, unrestrained language that conjures visions of the past seen only on the silver"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 343 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432855048
- Label
- Friends call me bat
- Title
- Friends call me bat
- Statement of responsibility
- by Paul Colt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Known for his historical fiction and Great Western Detective League series, Colt (Sycamore Promises, 2018) uses an inventive narrative format to deftly weave adventure, nostalgia, American history, and biography together. Colt imagines real-life friends Damon Runyon (famed journalist and short story author) and Bartholemew William Barclay ""Bat"" Masterson (larger-than-life buffalo hunter, lawman, professional gambler, and boxing aficionado) reminiscing at various New York City steakhouses and delicatessens. Masterson looks back on his youth, recounting his exploits across the West and loyal friendships with larger-than-life personalities like Wyatt Earp and Theodore Roosevelt. In one vignette, Masterson details how sharpshooter Bill Tilghman took out a mounted Indian from nearly a mile away during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. Runyon drinks it all in; these yarns help develop the Nathan Detroit character for his musical, Guys and Dolls. Masterson, in Colt's novel as in history, describes the West as it evolves from a wild frontier to a civilized land, using evocative, unrestrained language that conjures visions of the past seen only on the silver"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colt, Paul
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Wheeler Publishing large print Western
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Masterson, Bat
- Label
- Friends call me bat, by Paul Colt, (large type)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 343 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432855048
- Lccn
- 2019042818
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1122724892
- 699378
- (OCoLC)1122724892
- Label
- Friends call me bat, by Paul Colt, (large type)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 343 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432855048
- Lccn
- 2019042818
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1122724892
- 699378
- (OCoLC)1122724892
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