A Spider for Loco Shoat

by Douglas C. Jones

Book Overview

In western Arkansas in 1907, seven-year-old Jay Bird Joey Schwartz hides out in the National Cemetery and becomes the only witness to the murder of one of Fort Smith's most prominent citizens. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805048499
• ISBN13: 9780805048490
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Reviewed by Allen P. Bristow, author of THE PINKERTON EYE

This is the second book by this master storyteller that features the adventures of U. S. Marshal Oscar Schiller. The story is set during the early 1900's in the Oklahoma Indian Territory and Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is replete with the author's vivid characters and graphic situations. Jones also sprinkles much colorful history throughout the story and this adds to the reader's enjoyment. His imperfect principal character and the period chosen for the plot have a close similarity to the PINKERTON EYE. The only negative factor in the book is that it's editor repeatedly substituted "Marshall" for the correct form, "Marshal." The author, Douglas Jones, died during production of the book and probably was not involved in reading proofs. I enjoyed every page of this book and enthusiastically recommend it to others.

Transcends genre

What a masterpiece! This book is truly magnificent. Someday critics will review this historical fiction and recognize it for the great literature that it is. The audio version with Ed Sala's narration is perfection itself. Please read or listen to the audio version of this book. Great writers like this must be appreciated.