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[Frontispiece: That, after all, was as much as anyone could ask.]
BY - LARRY EVANS
AUTHOR OF THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, ONCE TO EVERY MAN, ETC.
TO GEORGE C. TYLER
Blue Jeans is a restless twenty‑two‑year‑old cowboy drifting through the cracked dust of a dwindling Western town. With his horse‑squeezed jaw and a pocketful of half‑dreamed‑up promises, he’s caught between a dwindling sense of pride and the lure of a curious professor who promises riches from buried relics. The opening pages blend dry humor with a keen eye for the harsh yet oddly poetic landscape of early‑twentieth‑century frontier life.
As Blue Jeans navigates the town’s squatter‑filled streets, a mishap with a mule and a misunderstood contract thrust him into a precarious bargain that could change his fortunes—or deepen his woes. The narrative captures his inner tug‑of‑war between desperate ambition and the stubborn reality of poverty, all while painting a vivid picture of a world where luck feels as fickle as a desert wind. Listeners are invited to join his restless journey, feeling every dry laugh and yearning glance that marks his search for something steadier than the road beneath his boots.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (193K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Jul 14, 2006
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

d. 1925
An early American novelist and playwright, he wrote fast-moving fiction that often reached the stage and the silent screen. His work also appeared in major magazines of the day, linking popular storytelling with early 20th-century entertainment.
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