Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the West: Picador Classic (Picador Classic Ser. #32)
Westerns
Automated braille
Summary
An unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier. His birth ended his mother's life in Tennessee. Scrawny and wiry, he runs away at the age of 14. As he makes his way… westward, the impoverished and illiterate youth finds trouble at every turn. Then he's recruited by Army irregulars, lured by the promise of spoils and bound for Mexico. Churning a dusty path toward destiny, he witnesses unknown horrors and suffering... and yet, as if shielded by the almighty hand of God, he survives to breathe another day.