The Resource The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt
The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt
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The item The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Sisters brothers
- Title
- The Sisters brothers
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick deWitt
- Subject
-
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAssassination
- trueBrothers
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
- trueGold miners
- Gold miners -- Fiction
- trueGold rush -- California
- trueGreed in men
- trueGunfighters
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Large type books
- trueRevenge
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- Western fiction
- Western stories
- trueWesterns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When a frontier baron known as the Commodore orders Charlie and Eli Sisters, his hired gunslingers, to track down and kill a prospector named Herman Kermit Warm, the brothers journey from Oregon to San Francisco, and eventually to Warm's claim in the Sierra foothills, running into a witch, a bear, a dead Indian, a parlor of drunken floozies, and a gang of murderous fur trappers.
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2012.
- Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards, MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction, 2012.
- CBA Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, 2012.
- Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction, 2011.
- Oregon Book Awards, Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, 2012.
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, 2011.
- Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 384273
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- deWitt, Patrick
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3604.E923
- LC item number
- S57 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print basic
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Brothers
- Gold miners
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20323731
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062041265
- Lccn
- 2011282605
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 2011282605
- (OCoLC)ocn704395448
- Label
- The Sisters brothers, Patrick deWitt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20323731
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062041265
- Lccn
- 2011282605
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 2011282605
- (OCoLC)ocn704395448
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAssassination
- trueBrothers
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
- trueGold miners
- Gold miners -- Fiction
- trueGold rush -- California
- trueGreed in men
- trueGunfighters
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Large type books
- trueRevenge
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- Western fiction
- Western stories
- trueWesterns
Genre
- trueWesterns
- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- Western fiction
- Western stories
Member of
Included in
- trueCBA Libris Awards (Canadian Booksellers Association): Fiction Book of the Year
- trueStephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
- trueRogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- trueOregon Book Awards: Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
- trueGovernor General's Literary Awards: English-Language Fiction
- trueCanadian Authors Association Literary Awards: MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2012
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2012.
- Award
- Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards, MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction, 2012.
- Award
- CBA Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, 2012.
- Award
- Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction, 2011.
- Award
- Oregon Book Awards, Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, 2012.
- Award
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, 2011.
- Award
- Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, 2012.
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