Robert Flynn
Author
Pub. Date
1967
Description
Lampassas gave up cow punching to be a husband and shopkeeper. But when his wife dies of influenza, the aging cowboy puts on his spurs again. With his 17-year-old son at his side, Lampassas sets off on his own cattle drive. His adventures and misadventures are the stuff classic Westerns are made of, yet the unforgettable characters and gentle wisdom set this novel far apart from the herd. North to Yesterday won the 1968 Award for Fiction from the...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Robert Flynn's new novel, Echoes of Glory, centers on a fictitious Texas county that embraces its legends, not its actual history. Set in the Reagan era, the novel exposes shared myths as lies and the truth, lacking all comfort. Flynn paints a portrait of the denizens of the county who tacitly embrace the legend as all too human and all too frail."--P. [4] of cover.