The Resource Big wheat : a tale of bindlestiffs and blood, Richard A. Thompson
Big wheat : a tale of bindlestiffs and blood, Richard A. Thompson
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- Summary
- "The summer of 1919 is over, and on the high prairie, a small army of men, women, and machines moves across the land, bringing in the wheat harvest. Custom threshers, steam engineers, bindlestiffs, cooks, camp followers, and hobos join the tide. Big Wheat is king as people gleefully embrace the gospels of progress and greed. But with Big Wheat comes a serial killer who calls himself the Windmill Man. He believes he has a holy calling to water the newly plucked earth with blood. The mobile harvest provides an endless supply of ready victims. He has been killing for years now and intends to kill for many more. A young man named Charlie Krueger also follows the harvest. Jilted by his childhood sweetheart and estranged from his drunkard father, he hopes to find a new life as a steam engineer. But in a newly harvested field in the nearly black Dakota night, he has come upon a strange man digging a grave. And in that moment, Charlie becomes the only person who has seen the face of a killer ..."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Label
- Big wheat : a tale of bindlestiffs and blood
- Title
- Big wheat
- Title remainder
- a tale of bindlestiffs and blood
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard A. Thompson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The summer of 1919 is over, and on the high prairie, a small army of men, women, and machines moves across the land, bringing in the wheat harvest. Custom threshers, steam engineers, bindlestiffs, cooks, camp followers, and hobos join the tide. Big Wheat is king as people gleefully embrace the gospels of progress and greed. But with Big Wheat comes a serial killer who calls himself the Windmill Man. He believes he has a holy calling to water the newly plucked earth with blood. The mobile harvest provides an endless supply of ready victims. He has been killing for years now and intends to kill for many more. A young man named Charlie Krueger also follows the harvest. Jilted by his childhood sweetheart and estranged from his drunkard father, he hopes to find a new life as a steam engineer. But in a newly harvested field in the nearly black Dakota night, he has come upon a strange man digging a grave. And in that moment, Charlie becomes the only person who has seen the face of a killer ..."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Richard A.
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3620.H687
- LC item number
- B54 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wheat
- Serial murderers
- Witnesses
- Serial murderers
- Wheat
- Witnesses
- Serial killers
- Witnesses
- North Dakota
- Label
- Big wheat : a tale of bindlestiffs and blood, Richard A. Thompson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777967186
- Label
- Big wheat : a tale of bindlestiffs and blood, Richard A. Thompson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777967186
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