Winner Take All

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Winner Take All

by Larry Evans

EN·~3 hours·5 chapters

Chapters

5 total
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E-text prepared by Al Haines

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[Frontispiece: That, after all, was as much as anyone could ask.]

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BY - LARRY EVANS

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AUTHOR OF THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, ONCE TO EVERY MAN, ETC.

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TO GEORGE C. TYLER

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Description

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.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (193K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-07-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

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Larry Evans

d. 1925

A prolific American novelist and playwright, he wrote popular stories of romance, moral conflict, and adventure that often found a second life on stage and in silent film. His work reached magazine readers as well as movie audiences in the early 20th century.

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