03822cam a2200517 4500 581912632 TxAuBib 20220716120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781478980094 1478980095 561659df-03c0-4da2-8df0-c656fdbda430 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1372717 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781982510732 9781982510732 TxAuBib Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- The Thicket [Libby]. Hachette Audio, 2013. Texas writer. revenge story. oil boom. texas mystery. texas thriller. southern thriller. southern writer. books about bounty hunters. southwestern thriller. southwestern writer. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 284MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 284MB. Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:<p><b>Love and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, "a true American original" (Joe Hill, author of <i>Heart-Shaped Box</i>).</b><br /> Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas — orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula.<br /> Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot).<br /> In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme.<br /> In <i>The Thicket</i>, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts <i>True Grit</i> and <i>Stand by Me</i> - - the perfect introduction to an acclaimed writer whose work has been called "as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm — or Mark Twain" (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>).</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-16 20:00:03. Collyer, Will. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1372717-TheThicket.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1372717-TheThicket.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=561659DF-03C0-4DA2-8DF0-C656FDBDA430&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1372717-TheThicket.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1372717-TheThicket.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=561659DF-03C0-4DA2-8DF0-C656FDBDA430&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) ALEML