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THE WOLFE FAMILY SAGA vols.1-4, James Carlos Blake, all SIGNED, 1st/1sts
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “See full descriptions below.”
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Cultural Region
- American Literature
- Series
- Wolfe Family Saga
- Type
- Novel
- Country of Manufacture
- United States
- Title/Series
- The Wolfe Family Saga: vols. 1-4
- Subject
- Westerns
- Personalized
- No
- Signed
- Yes
- Age Level
- Adults
- Era
- 21st Century
- Special Attributes
- Signed by the Author, Signed, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781935955030
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1935955039
ISBN-13
9781935955030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109279207
Product Key Features
Book Title
Country of the Bad Wolfes
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historical
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-022270
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"James Carlos Blake is an American prose-hero, and writers of the western inclination have been stealing him blind for years. Get this book. You won't be sorry." —Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter , Queen of America and Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush "Brawling, high-spirited, and superbly realized ... this novel offers many pleasures, including endearing characters, unlikely love stories, and all manner of mayhem." — Library Journal "Blake has a sure-handed grasp of 19th-century western US history and culture that is every bit as engaging and authentic as say, Cormac McCarthy and Guy Vanderhaeghe and Jim Harrison .... a skillful and astute narrative ... an enthralling tale." — Robert Birnbaum "With generous dollops of good old-fashioned melodrama and juicy tidbits of Mexican political history, Blake's story will entertain fans of historical and adventure novels alike." — Shelf Awareness "An epic filial tale … wonderfully drawn characters. [Blake] 's a natural yarn spinner." — Texas Monthly "This is historical fiction in the manner of Umberto Eco … many-faceted, slow, and savory." — Booklist, "James Carlos Blake is an American prose-hero, and writers of the western inclination have been stealing him blind for years. Get this book. You won't be sorry." — Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter , Queen of America and Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush Blake's boisterous tenth novel unspools an epic filial tale, detailing the confluence of Mexico's ill-starred destiny with the fate of an Irish-British-American family so thoroughly accursed that it seems almost inevitable that the clan should become Mexican … A multigenerational saga [with] wonderfully drawn characters … A natural yarn-spinner … Blake excels in gorily choreographed fight scenes [and] while [he] keeps you immersed in his wildly picaresque tale, he slowly reels in the novel's dark take-home: it doesn't matter if your distant ancestry is pre-Columbian or Hibernian, Aztec or Iberian. Sooner or later, it'll catch up with you." — John Phillip Santos, Texas Monthly "A rollicking tale … that acquires depth as it moves across generations and national boundaries … Blake doesn't mind a boudoir but his real strengths come in describing manly mayhem, which he portrays with uncommon poetry … [With] Cormac McCarthy's tutelary spirit [and] soupçons of Garcia Márquez … the book keeps good company … full of wry humor and thoughtful writing." — Kirkus Reviews A great read from start to finish, full of grit, local color, and a large cast of vibrant characters … this brawling, high-spirited, and superbly realized family saga … offers many pleasures, including endearing characters, unlikely love stories, and all manner of mayhem. Highly recommended for fans of literary fiction." — Library Journal Murder, politics, and illegitimate children fuel this engrossing and wonderfully realized saga." — Publishers Weekly This is historical fiction in the manner of Umberto Eco … many-faceted, slow, and savory." — Booklist Blake has a sure-handed grasp of 19th western US history and culture that is every bit as engaging and authentic as say, Cormac McCarthy and Guy Vanderhaeghe and Jim Harrison … [A] skillful and astute narrative … an enthralling tale." — Robert Birnbaum [I]mbued with the magical realism of García Márquez … [and] the frontier brutality of Cormac McCarthy … Blake's story will entertain fans of historical and adventure novels alike." — Shelf Awareness, "James Carlos Blake is an American prose-hero, and writers of the western inclination have been stealing him blind for years. Get this book. You won't be sorry." Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter , Queen of America and Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
The violent but manifest destiny of the Wolfe family from Yankee America through the Diaz Regime of Mexico., The violent but manifest destiny of the Wolfe family from Yankee America through the Diaz Regime of Mexico. A page-turning epic about the making of a borderland crime family, Country of the Bad Wolfes will appeal both to aficionados of family sagas and to fans of hard-knuckled crime novels by the likes of Donald Pollack, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and James Ellroy. Basing the novel partly on his own ancestors, Blake presents the story of the Wolfe family -- spanning three generations, centering on two sets of identical twins and the women they love, and ranging from New England to the heart of Mexico before arriving at its powerful climax at the Rio Grande. Begat by an Irish-English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828, the Wolfe family follows its manifest destiny into war-torn Mexico. There, through the connection of a mysterious American named Edward Little, their fortunes intertwine with those of Porfirio Díaz, who will rule the country for more than thirty years before his overthrow by the Revolution of 1910. In the course of those tumultuous chapters in American and Mexican history, as Díaz grows in power, the Wolfes grow rich and forge a violent history of their own, spawning a fearsome legacy that will pursue them to a climactic reckoning at the Río Grande. A master of the historical novel, James Carlos Blake has been hailed as "a poet of the damned who writes like an angel" (Donald Newlove, Kirkus Reviews ). Library Journal says of Blake's latest novel that it is "brawling, high-spirited, and superbly realized ... this novel offers many pleasures, including endearing characters, unlikely love stories, and all manner of mayhem." James Carlos Blake was born in Mexico and grew up in Texas and Florida. He is the author of nine other novels and a collection of short works. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southwest Book Award, and the Falcon Award., A page-turning epic about the making of a borderland crime family, Country of the Bad Wolfes will appeal both to aficionados of family sagas and to fans of hard-knuckled crime novels by the likes of Donald Pollack, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and James Ellroy. Basing the novel partly on his own ancestors, Blake presents the story of the Wolfe family -- spanning three generations, centering on two sets of identical twins and the women they love, and ranging from New England to the heart of Mexico before arriving at its powerful climax at the Rio Grande. Begat by an Irish-English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828, the Wolfe family follows its manifest destiny into war-torn Mexico. There, through the connection of a mysterious American named Edward Little, their fortunes intertwine with those of Porfirio D az, who will rule the country for more than thirty years before his overthrow by the Revolution of 1910. In the course of those tumultuous chapters in American and Mexican history, as D az grows in power, the Wolfes grow rich and forge a violent history of their own, spawning a fearsome legacy that will pursue them to a climactic reckoning at the R o Grande. A master of the historical novel, James Carlos Blake has been hailed as "a poet of the damned who writes like an angel" (Donald Newlove, Kirkus Reviews ). Library Journal says of Blake's latest novel that it is brawling, high-spirited, and superbly realized ... this novel offers many pleasures, including endearing characters, unlikely love stories, and all manner of mayhem. James Carlos Blake was born in Mexico and grew up in Texas and Florida. He is the author of nine other novels and a collection of short works. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southwest Book Award, and the Falcon Award., A page-turning epic about the making of a borderland crime family, Country of the Bad Wolfes will appeal both to aficionados of family sagas and to fans of hard-knuckled crime novels by the likes of Donald Pollack, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and James Ellroy. Basing the novel partly on his own ancestors, Blake presents the story of the Wolfe family -- spanning three generations, centering on two sets of identical twins and the women they love, and ranging from New England to the heart of Mexico before arriving at its powerful climax at the Rio Grande. Begat by an Irish-English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828, the Wolfe family follows its manifest destiny into war-torn Mexico. There, through the connection of a mysterious American named Edward Little, their fortunes intertwine with those of Porfirio D az, who will rule the country for more than thirty years before his overthrow by the Revolution of 1910. In the course of those tumultuous chapters in American and Mexican history, as D az grows in power, the Wolfes grow rich and forge a violent history of their own, spawning a fearsome legacy that will pursue them to a climactic reckoning at the R o Grande. A master of the historical novel, James Carlos Blake has been hailed as "a poet of the damned who writes like an angel" (Donald Newlove, Kirkus Reviews ). Library Journal says of Blake's latest novel that it is "brawling, high-spirited, and superbly realized ... this novel offers many pleasures, including endearing characters, unlikely love stories, and all manner of mayhem." James Carlos Blake was born in Mexico and grew up in Texas and Florida. He is the author of nine other novels and a collection of short works. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southwest Book Award, and the Falcon Award.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.L3483C68 2012
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- i***d (1288)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat seller who ships quickly and packages the books like a pro. The book arrived in great condition and looked exactly like it was listed as. Nice price and value too, I would recommend this seller to anyone. Thank you!THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS, Chuck Wendig, SIGNED, 1st/1st UK 2021 HCDJ (#116158303461)
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- c***i (457)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseWow, book was in even better condition than I expected, packaging was great, and shipped out quickly. I would highly recommend this seller!!! Thank you!!