“Hombre & Three-Ten to Yuma”by Elmore Leonard (published by Penguin)
How a rising young writer earned his spurs
Before he became “The poet laureate of wild assholes with revolvers” (New Musical Express), Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was “The sage of sagebrush” (The Budapest Times). Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on October 11, 1925, Leonard began his illustrious career by writing ...
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