The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories vs The outlaws of Mesquite: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Owen Wister · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.7 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Challenging

One day at Nampa, which is in Idaho, a ruddy old massive jovial man stood by the Silver City stage, patting his beard with his left hand, and with his right the shoulder of a boy who stood beside him. He had come with…

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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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The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other StoriesThe outlaws of Mesquite
Goodreads 3.2 (10) —
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.0 (6) 4.5 (15)

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The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other StoriesThe outlaws of Mesquite
Ratings 10 15
Editions 16 10
Want to read 58 —
Reading it now 50 —
Written reviews 2 —
Pages 184 210

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