A family as raw and unyielding as the soil of the Virginia farm they left behind, they pursued their dream, journeying west across the American continent. In a boundless land of unimaginable dangers, they discovered their own will for survival -- and forged a triumph of the human spirit.
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Evan Hunter's first novel, The Blackboard Jungle, was an instant bestseller. He wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and his novels Strangers When We Meet and Last Summer were made into hit movies; his novel Criminal Conversation has been optioned for film by Tom Cruise.
Under the name Ed McBain, he has written the astounding 87th Precinct series. From Cop Hater and the Edgar Award-nominated Money, Money, Money to The Frumious Bandersnatch, the more than fifty novels in the series have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. He holds the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award, and was the first American to receive the British Crime Writers Association's prestigious Diamond Dagger Award.
Evan Hunter and his alter ego Ed McBain combined their talents to create Candyland, a novel in two parts, available from Pocket Books. The most recent Evan Hunter novel, The Moment She Was Gone, is also available from Pocket Books.
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They had put out whiskey and cakes, as was the custom, and had left the cabin door wide for mourners to come and go with their condolences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puncheon bench, hoop snake, wagon seat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bonnie Sue, Lester Hackett, Hadley Chisholm, Fort Hall, Fort Laramie, Merry Christmas, Ferocious Storm, Jimmy Jackson, New Orleans, William Allyn, Jonah Comyns, Major Duggan, Rachel Lowery, Sean Cassada, Timothy Oates, Alexander Buchanan, Coast of Nebraska, Eva Chisholm, New York, Sarah Comyns, Woman of the Wind, Andy Lewis, Benjamin Lowery, Independence Day, President Tyler New!
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They had put out whiskey and cakes, as was the custom, and had left the cabin door wide for mourners to come and go with their condolences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puncheon bench, hoop snake, wagon seat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bonnie Sue, Lester Hackett, Hadley Chisholm, Fort Hall, Fort Laramie, Merry Christmas, Ferocious Storm, Jimmy Jackson, New Orleans, William Allyn, Jonah Comyns, Major Duggan, Rachel Lowery, Sean Cassada, Timothy Oates, Alexander Buchanan, Coast of Nebraska, Eva Chisholm, New York, Sarah Comyns, Woman of the Wind, Andy Lewis, Benjamin Lowery, Independence Day, President Tyler New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Moment She Was Gone : A Novel by Evan Hunter in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Criminal Conversation by Evan Hunter in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries) by Ed McBain in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Last Summer by Evan Hunter in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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