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Covelle Newcomb (1908–2001)

Auteur de The Red Hat

14 oeuvres 76 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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Comprend les noms: Covelle Newcombe

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Date de naissance
1908-09-07
Date de décès
2001-02-24
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Professions
author

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Old West coming of age story about a boy who must cross Mexico with a prize horse, Cimarron. Based on the real life of Corporal-T Gordon Gibler, USA.
 
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cecilyb | 1 autre critique | Oct 4, 2013 |
Fun to read,competently written, fast paced, youth targeted pulp-style novella from the 1940s.
This book was written by Covelle Newcomb, wife of writer and artist, Addison Burbank, and beautifully illustrated (moreso the hardbound than the paperback) by Burbank.
The story is loosely based on the boyhood adventures of the late Gordon Gibler of Texas who was my beloved uncle, and also references my grandfather, the late Frank "Papa Poncho" Gibler.
More later...
 
Signalé
RoReader | 1 autre critique | Jan 28, 2010 |

Statistiques

Œuvres
14
Membres
76
Popularité
#233,522
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
2
ISBN
1

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