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Paperback The Terrible Teague Bunch Book

ISBN: 0393335917

ISBN13: 9780393335910

The Terrible Teague Bunch

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During an evening of carousing, these four, good men at heart, agree on one thing: There's got to be an easier way to make a living. They decide to turn badmen and rob a train that is bringing money to a brand-new bank down at a place called Teague.

But the train's arrival is a month off and 150 miles away. In an overland odyssey that includes cattle rustling, blistering heat, and a head-on encounter with a tornado, the foursome meet up with the roughest obstacles and toughest luck that ever beset a bunch of well-intentioned badmen. In addition, there is the complication of a beautiful woman and her feisty half-breed daughter.

When the Teague Bunch arrives at the hold-up destination, all the bad luck they have previously endured is forgotten--because they find out, for a fact, just how bad their luck can get...

In a novel that is rousing, hilarious, and even poignant, Gary Jennings re-creates that peculiarly American turn-of-the-century time of grit, sweat, and swift change. Here is the real Old West; this is the way it was.

Customer Reviews

3 ratings

Love Jennings, glad I was able to find this old one used.

Not really on par with his classics: Aztec, Journeyer, etc....but this was a fun and quick read. He takes us to the old west around the turn of the century. Jennings is still one of the great writers of historical fiction, I often wonder why his books are not more popular....

If you can find a copy, grab it!

Gary Jennings fans will not be disappointed by this western novel. The canvas is not as broad as his big two-pounders (Aztec, Raptor, Journeyer, Aztec Autumn, and the inferior Spangle), but it's an easy-going ride all the way. There's less overt sex and violence here, but that fits the milieu he's created here, frequently comic and elegiac. I'm glad to see some used copies available-- it's pretty tough to find in general. So buy it while it's here!

Well worth the read.

Yes, it is the Gary Jennings of Aztec/ Journeyer/Raptor fame. As with all Jennings, it revolves around a journey. Strong characters, some humor, too short (which is not like Jennings at all). It is hard to believe that the publisher does not keep this in print (it is even harder to understand this with Spangle).
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