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KINGS OF COLORADO.
by Hilton, David E
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)/fine
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About This Item
New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2011.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A powerful coming of age story, both brutal and touching, set in the 1960s at a boy's reformatory on a ranch buried deep in the Colorado mountains. There the boys learn to break wild horses and the ranch breaks the boys. 278 pp.
Synopsis
Now in paperbacka heartfelt portrait of young men in a bygone age ( Kirkus Reviews ) about troubled boys, wild horses, and the high price of a childhood lost. Thirteen-year-old William Sheppard stabs his abusive father and is sent to the Swope Ranch Boys Reformatory, setting off a string of events that ultimately leads to a horrifying end in the Colorado mountains. Along the way, he befriends three boys who become his surrogate family. Their work together taming horses brings peace, as the boys struggle to survive a world of hurt and shocking cruelty wherein the only thing they can rely on is each other as the laws of normal society are stripped away. With a backbone of heart-wrenching suspense, Kings of Colorado is a beautiful portrayal of brotherhood set against the nobility, danger, and wildness of youth and horses. The bonds between man and beast, along with other themes of community, friendship, and atonement are boldly explored on every page. Kings of Colorado illustrates just how easily innocence can be stripped away, robbing us of something most precious: childhood.
Reviews
On Jul 23 2011, West of Eden Books said:
This is a terrific story of childhood friendship and hardship. Will Shepherd's dad is an abusive drunk. When Will is 13 he's had enough and stabs his father. That's where the book starts.Will gets sentenced to a reformatory on a ranch high in the Colorado Rockies. There's no escape and many reasons to want to. The author relays the difficulties and horrors the boys go through without getting overly graphic. A group of the boys become fast friends and their support of each other makes their lives a little bit easier.This book really grabs you, and moves along quickly. It's a good story, told well. I recommend it.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52359
- Title
- KINGS OF COLORADO.
- Author
- Hilton, David E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2011.)
- Keywords
- colorado, boys reformatory, coming of age story, wild horses,
- Bookseller catalogs
- First book or first novel;
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