Hombre by Elmore Leonard

Hombre (Lythway Large Print Books)

by Elmore Leonard

John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him. That is, until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die...THE AUTHOR Elmore Leonard is the author of many bestselling novels, screenplays and Westerns, including GET SHORTY and RUM PUNCH, which was made into the film JACKIE BROWN. He lives in Michigan.

Reviewed by jamiereadthis on

4 of 5 stars

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I was at the end of this before I realized what was bugging me. It’s in first person, and it’s a great first person, but that means it lacks all the plot-swapping POV that Elmore does best. It’s classic Elmore, a great western, it was just that one little thing.

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