Breakheart Pass. Alistair MacLean

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Название Breakheart Pass
Автор произведения Alistair MacLean
Жанр Исторические приключения
Серия
Издательство Исторические приключения
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780007402632



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      ALISTAIR MACLEAN

      Breakheart Pass

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      First published in Great Britain by Collins 1974

      and by Fontana 1976

      Copyright © HarperCollinsPublishers 1974

      Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2020 Cover photograph © Stephen Mulcahey

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780006158059

       Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2010 ISBN: 9780007402632

       Version: 2020-07-29

       Dedication

       To Mary Marcelle

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       THREE

       FOUR

       FIVE

       SIX

       SEVEN

       EIGHT

       NINE

       TEN

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       About the Author

       By Alistair MacLean

       About the Publisher

       THE CHARACTERS

JOHN DEAKIN A Gunman
COLONEL CLAREMONT US Cavalry
COLONEL FAIRCHILD Commandant of Fort Humboldt
GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD The Governor of Nevada
MARICA FAIRCHILD The Governor’s niece and the daughter of Colonel Fairchild
MAJOR O’BRIEN The Governor’s Aide
NATHAN PEARCE US Marshal
SEPP CALHOUN A villain of some note
WHITE HAND Chief of the Paiutes
GARRITTY A gambler
REV. THEODORE PEABODY Chaplain elect for Virginia City
DOCTOR MOLYNEUX US Army Doctor
CHRIS BANLON Engineer
CARLOS Cook
HENRY Steward
BELLEW US Army Sergeant
DEVLIN Brakeman on train
RAFFERTY A trooper
FERGUSON CARTERSIMPSON US Army Telegraphists
BENSONCARMODYHARRIS Three minor villains
CAPTAIN OAKLAND Passive but relevant
LIEUTENANT NEWELL

      The following bears very closely on the choice of 1873 as the date for this story.


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