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Barcode30293102351983
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoF Dall
TitleThe hired man : a novel / Sandra Dallas.
AuthorDallas, Sandra, author.
CollectionF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102351983F Dall4/16/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781250352408 (ebook)
International Standard Book Number 9781250352392 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1250352398 (hardcover)
Personal Name Dallas, Sandra, author.
Title Statement The hired man : a novel / Sandra Dallas.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2026.
Physical Description 305 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. "The Dust Bowl sweeps a handsome stranger into a small Colorado town to dangerous effect 1937. It's been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. Folks can barely remember a time when the clouds were filled with rain instead of dirt, and when the fields were green instead of brown. High school student Martha Helen Kessler and her family are luckier than most; they still eke out a living from the land. Even so, evidence of the Dust Bowl's grim impact on families, especially on the women who bear the brunt of their husbands' frustration and their children's hunger, is everywhere. When Martha Helen's compassionate mother insists they take in Otis Hobbs, a handsome drifter who saves a local boy from a vicious storm, she quickly discovers a darker side to their rural community. Suspicion, jealousy, and prejudice grip their neighbors -- and emotions reach a frenzy after Martha Helen's best friend, Frankie, disappears and is then found murdered. Ultimately, Martha Helen is forced to make sense of her conflicting feelings and loyalties in order to help find retribution and to reconcile the difference between the law and justice. Full of period detail and Sandra Dallas's trademark focus on the lives of women, The Hired Man entertains and ultimately surprises"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nineteen thirties Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Neighbors Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rural families Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Communities Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Strangers Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rural conditions Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Colorado Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.

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