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Captain Charles King was a career army officer and prolific novelist of the frontier army. He opens in a dust cloud on the alkali flats, as a stagecoach lurches toward Sancho's ranch. Sancho keeps a dinner ranch and watches through a fine binocular for passengers, with the boy Pedro announcing every cloud of dust. A disgraced officer's arrival starts the tale.
The title quotes Shakespeare: poor wounded name, my bosom as a bed shall lodge thee. King builds his plot on an officer's ruined reputation and its slow repair among soldiers, prospectors, and ranch folk in the West. His own service at West Point and on campaign gave his army tales their easy authority.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 356 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |