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Welcome to Hard Times is the debut novel of American author E. L. Doctorow, published in 1960. It is set in a small settlement in the Dakota Territory named Hard Times. After a reckless drifter comes into Hard Times and terrorizes the town with rape, murder and arson, the survivors lead an effort to restore it.
- E. L. Doctorow
- 1960
Sep 11, 2007 · Welcome to Hard Times: A Novel. Paperback – September 11, 2007. by E.L. Doctorow (Author) 4.1 783 ratings. See all formats and editions. Here is E. L. Doctorow’s debut novel, a searing allegory of frontier life that sets the stage for his subsequent classics.
- E. L. Doctorow
- $15.99
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
Welcome to Hard Times is the bleak, almost nihilistic tale of Mayor Will Blue, an aging coward living on the western frontier in the Dakota flatlands. Blue watches his friends murdered and his town burned to the ground by an unnamed gunslinger, unwilling to put himself in harm’s way to stop it.
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By the time he is through and has ridden off, Hard Times is a smoking ruin. The de facto mayor, Blue, takes in two survivors of the carnage–a boy, Jimmy, and a prostitute, Molly, who has suffered unspeakably–and makes them his provisional family.
- Paperback
Blue begins to rebuild Hard Times, welcoming new settlers, while Molly waits with vengeance in her heart for the return of the outlaw. Here is E. L. Doctorow’s debut novel, a searing allegory of frontier life that sets the stage for his subsequent classics.
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- E. L Doctorow
- Hardcover
Welcome to Hard Times -- "Taut, dramatic, and exciting" (New York Times) is Doctorow's first novel -- and one of seven Doctorow masterworks to be published in the Reader's Circle for Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Hard Times is the name of a town in the barren hills of the Dakota Territory. To this town there comes one day one of the reckless sociopaths who wander the West to kill and rape and pillage. By the time he is through and has ridden off, Hard Times is a smoking ruin.
