Summer of the Smoke
by Luke Short
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Army Scout Keefe Calhoun read the smoke signals that rose all over the plains against the hot, brassy sky. The lazy drifting smoke meant that Maco, the treacerous Apache chief, had broken loose and was ready to lead his marauding warriors against the settlements, burning and raiding his way to the Mexican border. But the Army wouldn't listen to alhoun, so he went after Maco alone. Now only Calhoun's cunning and courage stood between Maco and a savage massacre. (from back cover).Tags
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Luke Short was born in Kewanee, Illinois on November 19, 1908. Short graduated from the University of Missouri in 1930 with a degree in journalism. After having worked at several newspapers, he avoided unemployment by writing Western fiction. Short began to write for films in the 1940's and in 1948, four of his novels were made into movies. Two of show more his most notable film credits were Ramrod (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948). Short was awarded the Levi Strauss Western Writers of America award in 1969 and the Western Heritage Wrangler award in 1974. On August 18, 1975, he passed away at his home in Aspen, Colorado where he is buried. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Summer of the smoke
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- Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3513 .L68158 .S85 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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