Press enter after choosing selection

Big Maria

Shaw, Johnny. Book - 2012 Fiction 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

Cover image for Big Maria

Sign in to request

Locations
Call Number: Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length Call Number Checkout Length Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor
4-week checkout
Fiction 4-week checkout On Shelf

There's gold in them thar hills or more precisely, in Arizona's Chocolate Mountains, where one hundred years ago a miner stashed a king's ransom of the stuff. But times have changed. The world has changed. And now the Chocolate Mountains are the home of the largest military artillery range in the world. Harry's living on disability and getting liquored up and beaten down. Frank's a feisty old-timer battling cancer and a domineering daughter. And Ricky's a good kid in a bad spot, doing everything for family. Together they're staking what little they have left on a dangerous quest to the Big Maria Mine and the gold that can offer them a new beginning. Unfortunately a meth-dealing biker wants a piece, a trigger-happy AWOL soldier wants to play chicken in a live minefield, two stubborn burros want to go home, a starving mountain lion wants his dinner, and the US Army wants to rain on our heroes parade with real bombs. When you're all out of crazy ideas, you've got to try the stupid ones.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Booklist Review
Summary / Annotation

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

No community reviews. Write one below!

Cover image for Big Maria


PUBLISHED
Las Vegas, NV : Thomas & Mercer, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 319 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781612184395
1612184391

SUBJECTS
Gold mines and mining -- Fiction.
Treasure troves -- Fiction.
Arizona -- Fiction.