Prairie folks vs The outlaws of Mesquite: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Prairie folks Prairie folks Hamlin Garland · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.9 284 pages · ≈ 5 h 16 m · Challenging

Uncle Ripley was prejudiced in favor of the stranger, therefore, before he came opposite the potato patch, where the old man was "bugging his vines". The stranger drove a jaded-looking pair of calico ponies, hitched to…

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Cover of The outlaws of Mesquite The outlaws of Mesquite Louis L'Amour · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.1 210 pages · ≈ 3 h 53 m · Moderate

Meet the frontier bad men—like Leo Carver—a man so hated that everyone in the town of Canyon Gap planned to turn up for his hanging. Then meet those who dared to challenge them—like Marshal Lou Morgan, who tried to save…

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Prairie folksThe outlaws of Mesquite
Goodreads 3.9 (17) —
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (15)

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Prairie folksThe outlaws of Mesquite
Ratings 17 15
Editions 21 10
Want to read 28 —
Reading it now 8 —
Written reviews 4 —
Pages 284 210

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