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Set in wild and woolly Texas and Mexico in the 1880s, this engrossing tale of a boy's search for his missing Momma is as full of colorful characters, folk wit and wisdom, and unexpected turns of events as the great American quest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Readers . . . will find themselves entirely transported to a time and place as lyrically surreal as it can be chillingly real. * Texas Monthly *
With his keen ear for language and knowledge of the era, Wittliff employs a vernacular as rich and colorful as Brer Rabbit’s Southern dialect or Huck Finn’s Mississippi Valley argot . . . The readers are rewarded with a lively, almost musical tale. * Austin American-Statesman *

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  • The Devil's Backbone
  • Acknowledgments

The Devils Backbone

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    A Hardback by Bill Wittliff, Jack Unruh

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 October 2014
      ISBN-13 9780292759954
      978-0292759954
      ISBN-10 0292759959

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in wild and woolly Texas and Mexico in the 1880s, this engrossing tale of a boy's search for his missing Momma is as full of colorful characters, folk wit and wisdom, and unexpected turns of events as the great American quest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

      Trade Review
      Readers . . . will find themselves entirely transported to a time and place as lyrically surreal as it can be chillingly real. * Texas Monthly *
      With his keen ear for language and knowledge of the era, Wittliff employs a vernacular as rich and colorful as Brer Rabbit’s Southern dialect or Huck Finn’s Mississippi Valley argot . . . The readers are rewarded with a lively, almost musical tale. * Austin American-Statesman *

      Table of Contents
      • The Devil's Backbone
      • Acknowledgments

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