BLACK ANGUS. Uncorrected Proof
first edition Paperback
1978 · Boston
by Thornburg, Newton
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1978. Paperback. A very good copy in the original perfect bound white wrappers with black printing, as issued. Bob Blanchard spent his entire inheritance on a cattle ranch in the Missouri Ozarksâbut it hasn't turned out the way he'd hoped, and he's now being threatened with foreclosure. The cattle are sick, and the herd can't survive, so Blanchard agrees to a reckless scheme to sell the cattle before their illness is widely known. But when a faked cattle rustling and an insurance scam goes wrong, the plan begins to crumble from the inside out. By the author of 'Cutter and Bone." 243pp. (Inventory #: 14575)