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Violence
Some
Frontier combat; Apache raids; gunfights
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
Themes of honor, respect between cultures, and a man choosing family over freedom
What this book is about
L'Amour's 1953 classic follows Hondo Lane, a cavalry dispatch rider with Apache blood, who discovers Angie Lowe and her son living alone on their ranch as the Apache nation goes to war. Basis for the John Wayne film. For all ages.
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