The lost traveler

Sanora Babb

first published 1958 Muse Ink Press, 2013 paperback 302 pages

Set in Kansas in the 1930s, this is the gripping story of a professional gambler, Des Tannehill, and his family. The father, a complex and magnetic man, is portrayed from the perspective of his willful and proud daughter Robin. A rich character study of the classic American individualist, The Lost Traveler also presents a picture, rare in American literature, of a brave, self-reliant young woman. Against the dark ba...

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The Lost Traveler paperback · 2013 · Muse Ink Press · 302 pages · 9780985991517
The lost traveler edition · 1995 · University of New Mexico Press · 314 pages
Lost Traveler edition · 1995 · Ebsco Publishing · 9780585240770

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