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Books by James Carlos Blake
  | | The Pistoleer A Novel of John Wesley Hardin by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2016 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2584-2, ISBN: 0-8021-2584-0 ""Some called him a Texas hero. Some called him the Devil himself. But on one point they all agreed. While he was alive, John Wesley Hardin was the deadliest man in Texas." A novel of uncompromising depth and power from western master James Carlos Blake, called one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life by "Entertainment Weekly," "The Pistoleer" narrates the life of John Wesley Hardin, exposing the many differen ..." |
 | | The Killings of Stanley Ketchel(Reprint) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-055437-8, ISBN: 0-06-055437-1 "Paperback. Pub Date: 2006 07 Pages: 320 in Publisher: Harper Collins Hailed as one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life (Entertainment Weekly). James Carlos Blake turns to the blazing story of Stanley Ketchel the legendary ragtime- era middleweight boxing champion and daring rakehell. whose ief and meteoric life burned with violence and tragedy in and out of the ring. The Killings of Stanley Ketchel is a swee ..." |
 | | Under the Skin(Reprint) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2004 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-054243-6, ISBN: 0-06-054243-8 "James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a "ghost rider" for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of "the Free State of Galveston," who are prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression. Raised on an isolated West Texas ranch that he was forced to flee at age eighteen following the violent breakup of his foster family, Jimmy has found a home and a profession in Galveston -- and a me ..." |
 | | Wildwood Boys(1st Edition) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2001 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-380-80593-8, ISBN: 0-380-80593-6 "From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain an ..." |
 | | The Ways Of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by No Exit Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84344-885-3, ISBN: 1-84344-885-8 |
 | | The Friends of Pancho Villa A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2017 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2688-7, ISBN: 0-8021-2688-X "With his debut novel on legendary Texas outlaw John Wesley Hardin, The Pistoleer, James Carlos Blake demonstrated a rare talent for western and historical fiction. His second book, The Friends of Pancho Villa, now back in print, further proved his mastery in the genre, taking on an even mightier figure of North American legendthe most memorable leader of the Mexican Revolution.Violently waged from 1910 to 1920, the revolution profoundl ..." |
 | | Red Grass River(Reprint) A Legend by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2000 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-380-79242-9, ISBN: 0-380-79242-7 "James Carlos Blake is a masterful chronicler of the restless, outcast, the lawless, and the lonelyheart. His previous novel, In the Rogue Blood, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. Now he has written a powerful and rousing historical saga of family loyalties, blood feuds, and betrayed friendships; of bank robberies and bootlegging; and of a passionate love as wild at heart as the Everglades. It is the story of swor ..." |
 | | The Bones of Wolfe A Border Noir (Hardback) by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2020 by Black Cat, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-5688-4, ISBN: 0-8021-5688-6 "From CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award finalist James Carlos Blake, a gripping new installment follows the Wolfe clan on a search for a long-lost relative that inadvertently becomes tangled with increasingly dangerous characters" |
 | | The House Of Wolfe (Paperback) by James Carlos Blake Paperback, Published 2015 by Oldcastle Books Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-84344-559-3, ISBN: 1-84344-559-X |
 | | The Killings of Stanley Ketchel(1st Edition) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2005 by William Morrow Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-06-055436-1, ISBN: 0-06-055436-3 " Hailed as "one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life" (Entertainment Weekly), James Carlos Blake turns to the blazing story of Stanley Ketchel, the legendary ragtime-era middleweight boxing champion and daring rakehell, whose brief and meteoric life burned with violence and tragedy in and out of the ring. The Killings of Stanley Ketchel is a sweeping and powerful literary adventure by one of our most daring n ..." |
 | | Handsome Harry(1st Edition) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2005 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-055479-8, ISBN: 0-06-055479-7 "Harry Pierpont and John Dillinger were die-hard and deadly partners who made national headlines with their daring bank hold-ups and gun battles -- and they had a lot of laughs while they were at it. They were known as the Dillinger Gang but at its heart was "Handsome Harry" Pierpont -- tough, fearless, intelligent, and sworn to live by no law but his own. Presented as his intimate "confessions," Harry's story takes us from his teenage d ..." |
 | | The Ways of Wolfe (Border Noir) by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Mysterious Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2577-4, ISBN: 0-8021-2577-8 ""James Carlos Blake has long been one of my favorites, but his Wolfe family saga may be his best work to date."―Ace Atkins, on The House of WolfeLos Angeles Times Book Prize winner James Carlos Blake delves back into the dark realms of the Wolfe family, a clan whose roots run deep on both sides of the United States-Mexico border, and whose prevailing interests straddle both sides of the law.Twenty years ago, college student Axel Prince ..." |
 | | Country of the Bad Wolfes by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2015 by No Exit Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84344-555-5, ISBN: 1-84344-555-7 "Begat by an Irish-English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828, the Wolfe family follows its manifest destiny into war-torn Mexico." |
 | | The Rules of Wolfe (Border Noir) by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Mysterious Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2130-1, ISBN: 0-8021-2130-6 "Shortlisted for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger AwardA Men's Journal and Deadly Pleasures Best Book of the YearEddie Gato Wolfe is a young, impetuous member of the Wolfe family of Texas gun-runners that goes back generations. Increasingly unfulfilled by his minor role in family operations and eager to set out on his own, Eddie crosses the border to work security for a major Mexican drug cartel led by the ruthless La Navaja.Eddie falls for ..." |
 | | Borderlands(1st Edition) by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1999 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-380-79485-0, ISBN: 0-380-79485-3 "The scrublands of South Texas, the warm coastland of the Gulf of Mexico, a cinderblock flophouse near the produce fields of South Florida: all are borderlands of mixed blood and spilled blood, of generations forged in fight, failure, and hope. In this extraordinary collection of short fictions, the acclaimed author of In the Rogue Blood and Red Grass River journeys from the nineteenth century Mexican frontier to the borderlands of the p ..." |
 | | The House of Wolfe(1st Edition) A Border Noir by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Mysterious Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2246-9, ISBN: 0-8021-2246-9 "On a rainy winter night in Mexico City, a ten-member wedding party is kidnapped in front of the groom’s family mansion. The perpetrator is a small-time gangster named El Galán, who wants nothing more than to make his crew part of a major cartel and hopes that this crime will be his big break. He sets the wedding party’s ransom at five million US dollars, to be paid in cash within 24 hours.The only captive not related to either the bride ..." |
 | | Country of the Bad Wolfes(1st Edition) by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Cinco Puntos Press ISBN-13: 978-1-935955-03-0, ISBN: 1-935955-03-9 "A page-turning epic about the making of a borderland crime family, Country of the Bad Wolfes will appeal both to aficionados of family sagas and to fans of hard-knuckled crime novels by the likes of Donald Pollack, Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and James Ellroy.Basing the novel partly on his own ancestors, Blake presents the story of the Wolfe family spanning three generations, centering on two sets of identical twins and the women ..." |
 | | Handsome Harry(1st Edition) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-06-055478-1, ISBN: 0-06-055478-9 "They were die-hard and deadly partners who made national headlines with their daring bank holdups and gun battles -- and they had a lot of laughs while they were at it. They were known as the Dillinger Gang, but at its heart was "Handsome Harry" Pierpont -- tough, fearless, intelligent, and sworn to live by no law but his own. Presented as his intimate "confessions," Harry's story takes us from his teenage days as a small-time crook to ..." |
 | | A World of Thieves(Reprint) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by William Morrow Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-06-051247-7, ISBN: 0-06-051247-4 "In 1928 New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Sonny LaSalle is a top prep student and champion amateur boxer -- and he venerates his fraternal twin uncles, Buck and Russell, armed robbers who love their profession. Sonny secretly believes that he, too, is a natural outlaw and persuades his uncles to take him on as a partner. But when a bank job goes bad, Sonny is sent to jail, where he unintentionally kills a policeman who is the son of the mo ..." |
 | | A World of Thieves(1st Edition) A Novel by James Carlos Blake Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by William Morrow Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-380-97750-5, ISBN: 0-380-97750-8 "James Carlos Blake writes literary novels of adventure -- of daring exploits and desperate hearts, of men and women whose characters shape their fate. Now, in A World of Thieves, he renders a story of crime and love in the closing years of the Roaring Twenties.In 1928 New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Sonny LaSalle is a top prep student and champion amateur boxer -- and he venerates his fraternal twin uncles, Buck and Russell, armed robber ..." |
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