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| 008 | 090408s2005 nyu b 000 1 eng | ||
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| 020 | _a9781401300548 | ||
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| 100 | 1 | _aFergus, Jim | |
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_aThe wild girl _b: the notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932 : a novel _c/ by Jim Fergus |
| 250 | _a1st ed | ||
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_aNew York _b: Hyperion _c, c2005. |
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_a350 p. _c; 25 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-355). | ||
| 520 | _aFrom the award-winning author of One Thousand White Women, a novel in the tradition of Little Big Man, tracing one man's search for adventure and the wild Apache girl who invites him into her world hen Ned Giles is orphaned as a teenager, he heads West hoping to leave his troubles behind. He joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on their search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican landowner, who was kidnapped by wild Apaches. But the expedition's goal is complicated when they encounter a wild Apache girl in a Mexican jail cell, victim of a Mexican massacre of her tribe that has left her orphaned and unwilling to eat or speak. As he and the expedition make their way through the rugged Sierra Madre mountains, Ned's growing feelings for the troubled girl soon force him to choose allegiances and make a decision that will haunt him forever. | ||
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_aAmericans _z-Mexico _v--Fiction |
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_aPhotographer _x-Fiction |
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_aApache women _v--Fiction |
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_aYoung men _v--Fiction |
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_aMexico _x--Fiction |
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| 655 | 7 | _aWestern stories | |
| 655 | 7 | _aLove stories | |
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