The Big Dry

by Patrick Dearen

In this standalone sequel to The Big Drift--winner of five awards including the Spur Award of Western Writers of America--Patrick Dearen explores race relations against the backdrop of the Big Dry, a devastating drought in the 1880s in Texas. Zeke Boles, a black cowhand, awaits hanging in North Texas for a murder he didn't commit. His white friend Will Brite, with whom he rode in the Big Drift blizzard, has exhausted virtually all avenues to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875658873
• ISBN13: 9780875658872
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 182 Pages