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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Jo Anne McDuffy, a college student and gifted painter. Their connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: Interviewing an alcoholic Native American who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexico border, Sheriff Hack Holland and his deputy, Sam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Collins in an investigation that is assisted by the enigmatic Anton Ling.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: In the fall of 1863, the Union army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate army is retreating toward Texas, and being replaced by Red Legs, irregulars commanded by a maniacal figure, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2023

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing Large Print 2016

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Burke, James Lee 1936-

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "Clete Purcel--private investigator, former cop, and war veteran with a hard shell covering just a few soft spots-is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete picks up his car from the local car wash, only to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade, it feels personal-his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2022

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022

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Burke, James Lee

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 0000

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. Images of ghosts pepper his reality. Robicheaux's only beacon remains serving as a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana. It's in that capacity that Robicheaux crosses paths with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing Large Print 2018

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Burke, James Lee 1936-

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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Burke, James Lee 1936-

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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Burke, James Lee

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1995

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose 'Western hero' facade hides darkness. An oil rig workers witnesses an attack on a local...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2024

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "The Shondell and Balangie families are enemies in New Iberia's criminal underworld, but teen musicians Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie have fallen in love and run away. As Dave Robicheaux investigates the couple's whereabouts, he runs afoul of Isolde's mafioso father, who puts a hit on Robicheaux and his partner, Clete Purcel. The assassin is unlike any they have ever faced: he can induce...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020

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Burke, James Lee

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: "Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. Images of ghosts pepper his reality. Robicheaux's only beacon remains serving as a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana. It's in that capacity that Robicheaux crosses paths with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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Burke, James Lee 1936-

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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Burke, James Lee 1936-

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Burke, James Lee

Summary: Clete Purcel is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective work. When Clete finds his beloved Caddy ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade, it feels personal. Just as Clete starts to trail the culprits, Clara Bow, a woman with a dark past, hires Clete to investigate her scheming, slippery ex-husband. Clete is experiencing shockingly lifelike hallucinations and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024

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