Cottonwood
by Scott Phillips
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Bill and Ninna Ogden have an ambiguous relationship: they're still married, but he runs the saloon in Cottonwood and lives upstairs, while his wife lives outside the town limits on a farm. Neither is a model of fidelity. Bill amuses himself with a string of dalliances, but what he really wants to do is head West and make a living as a photographer. It's not until after a few more affairs, a couple of murders, and a misguided plan by an entrepreneur to put the town on the map that Bill is able to escape, move to San Francisco, and create a new life for himself.
Editions of Cottonwood
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Ballantine Books |
Date 2004 |
Price $1.00 |
 Used - Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Ballantine Books |
Date 2005 |
Price $6.42 |
New |
Publisher Notes
A historical work based on true crimes that took place in late nineteenth-century Kansas takes place in the frontier town of Cottonwood, where a family of serial killers known as The Bloody Benders takes advantage of local corruption and vice in order to pursue their deadly causes. By the author of The Ice Harvest and The Walkaway.
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"The blazingly original Phillips writes with deadpan humor and incisive irony. The story is shaggy, but its unique slant on the Old West is a major achievement."
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