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Chancy

Louis L'Amour

1968144 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1968
first published
  • 1968Bantam · 144 pagesISBN 9780552080071
  • 1971Bantam BooksISBN 9780553207262
  • 1980Bantam Books · 178 pages · ENGISBN 9780553141269
  • 1984Bantam Books · ENGISBN 9780553062595
  • 1997G.K. Hall · 222 pages · ENGISBN 9780783819518
  • 1999Literary Express · 163 pages · ENGISBN 9781581650990
  • 1984Bantam · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9780553280852
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780785797838

He was an orphan from the hills of Tennessee and he hadn’t eaten in three days. With the front of his stomach making friends with the back, he was in no position to let an opportunity slip by unnoticed. And when Chancy defended his new herd of cattle with a shotgun, he didn’t miss. The dead man left a pistol on the ground. Chancy needed a spare and, after stowing it in his bedroll, forgot about it. He had a cattle drive to finish and a profit to make. But the gun had a history. Another killing had taken place and Chancy would never know the truth until it was too late. Now, locked in a jail cell with an angry, drunken mob outside and time running out, he must somehow find a way to prove his innocence.

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

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ViolenceOccasional

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