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The Boar (novel)

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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
November 1998

ISBN
  
1-892284-03-0

Author
  
Cover artist
  
Mark Nelson


Language
  
English

Pages
  
169

Originally published
  
November 1998

Page count
  
169

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Media type
  
Print - Limited edition Hardcover, Trade Hardcover

Preceded by
  
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1995)

Similar
  
Joe R Lansdale books, Other books

The Boar is a novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale, set in East Texas in 1933 during the Great Depression.

Contents

Plot summary

The story is about young Richard Dale and his family who wind up terrorized by an extremely large wild boar. Richard and his brother Ike venture into the river bottoms in search of the boar they name Old Satan. Hunting an animal this size proves to be dangerous and as the story unfolds Richard finds himself taking bigger risks as he ventures deeper and deeper into the deep woods of the Big Thicket.

Editions

This book was first published by Subterranean Press as a limited edition in November 1998. It was reissued as a trade hardcover in 2005 by Night Shade Books. The limited edition is out of print.

References

The Boar (novel) Wikipedia


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