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With the help of a rattlesnake and a scorpion, a lost boy gains two names and defeats the horrible foot-eating monster.

On his first day of school, Crowboy pretends he is a rattlesnake, but then he meets a girl in his class who wants to be a rattlesnake too.

As Little Britches, in her best attire, starts for the rodeo in town, she is waylaid by several rattlesnakes wanting to do her harm, but with some quick thinking she finds a way to outsmart them all.

Robert Laxalt's first novel, A Man in the Wheatfield, was published to critical acclaim when it was released in 1964. Nearly four decades later Laxalt's deeply moving story of a small community in the high deserts of Nevada still resonates with readers. The author relays his shocking story simply and concisely. Father Savio Lazzaroni is obsessed with a vision of evil. Mayor Manuel Cafferata is only concerned with his own standing in a tiny village...