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In his most ambitious work yet, New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life.
In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark.

Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business.

In just a few years' time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose fortunes twice over. But it is the prospect of losing his one true love that will spur his most reckless act yet—one inspired by that encounter long ago with the outlaws of his youth.

A tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, Wayfaring Stranger "is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream" (Benjamin Percy, Poets & Writers).
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In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark.

Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business.

In just a few years' time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose fortunes twice over. But it is the prospect of losing his one true love that will spur his most reckless act yet—one inspired by that encounter long ago with the outlaws of his youth.

A tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, Wayfaring Stranger "is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream" (Benjamin Percy, Poets & Writers).
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        Starred review from May 19, 2014
        Early in this epic American saga from MWA Grand Master Burke, Weldon Holland, the grandson of lawman and series character Hackberry Holland, has a chance run-in with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in Texas, shortly before the notorious bank robbers are gunned down in Louisiana. Weldon has another, more significant coming-of-age experience toward the end of WWII. As an Army second lieutenant, he rescues Sgt. Hershel Pine when both are trapped behind German lines. Weldon later saves Rosita Lowenstein, a concentration camp prisoner, who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. After the war ends in Europe, Weldon marries Rosita. Back in Texas, Weldon and Hershel build an innovative oil pipeline business, but their success creates an enemy, oil tycoon Lloyd Fincher, who as a U.S. Army major was known as “a dangerous idiot.” Lloyd attacks the entrepreneurs through their wives, most notably Rosita, smeared mercilessly for her leftist past. Weldon occupies the high moral ground, but he’s not above meting out his own brand of justice. His quest to save his wife generates some suspense, but this is more morality tale than thriller, the story of one man’s struggle to live with integrity in postwar America. Burke, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series (Light of the World, etc.), writes with great assurance and wisdom, as well as a kind of bitter nostalgia for lost innocence. Agent: Philip Spitzer, Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency.

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        July 1, 2014
        A sequel to the Hackberry Holland trio (Feast Day of Fools, 2011, etc.) that's also an unofficial prequel to most of Burke's other 32 novels.Weldon Holland's fate was sealed the day four strangers drove onto his grandfather Hackberry's ranch and parked there as if they owned the place. After the ex-Texas Ranger had words with them, they drove off at their leisure, but not before Weldon recognized two of them as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and fell hopelessly in love with Bonnie. The memory of her haunts him throughout his World War II service, and the echo of her he sees in camp survivor Rosita Lowenstein leads him to carry her first to the altar and then back to Texas. The happy couple is soon followed home by Weldon's wartime buddy Hershel Pine, who's convinced he has second sight about some things, like the application of Nazi technology to the oil pipelines he's determined to build and his gift for picking gushers. The two hit up Weldon's uncle Cody for a loan and go into business, and although Hershel overrates his gifts in some ways, he's spot-on about enough to make the Dixie Belle Pipeline Company a success that will attract the attention of predatory investor Roy Wiseheart, who smilingly assures Weldon, "We're more alike than you think," and tempt Hershel's wife, Linda Gail, to dreams of Hollywood and adultery. The postwar setting allows Burke to dramatize the uncertain early days of big oil, but the characters, their volcanic conflicts and their implacable demons will be instantly recognizable to Burke's many fans.Instead of focusing on the wages of long-ago sin, as he generally does, Burke (Light of the World, 2013) shows the sins actually being committed over several fraught years in the nation's history. The result is a new spaciousness married to his fine-tuned sense of retribution.

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        June 15, 2014

        Burke's (Light of the World) latest is a character-driven stand-alone novel featuring members of the Holland family from his "Hackberry Holland" series (Lay Down My Sword and My Shield; Rain Gods). Following the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, Lt. Weldon Holland of Texas and Sgt. Hershel Pine of Louisiana are left to fend for themselves. Stumbling upon an abandoned concentration camp, they rescue Rosita, the woman who will become Weldon's wife. After the war, Hershel and Weldon go into the oil business together, laying pipelines in Texas and Louisiana. Weldon and Rosita become fast friends with Hershel and his wife, Linda, a rising Hollywood star. Unflappable and old-fashioned, Weldon discovers that his relationships will be pushed further than he could imagine when blackmailers threaten the couples. Weldon stands firm against injustice, no matter how out of hand the situation gets. VERDICT Similar in sweep to Edna Ferber's Giant, this intricately plotted novel is recommended to readers interested in dramatic renderings of the societal changes of postwar America. While there is the suspense that Burke's fans expect, they will find the pace slower than in his previous novels. [See Prepub Alert, 1/10/14.]--Emily Hamstra, Univ. of Michigan Libs., Ann Arbor

        Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        Starred review from July 1, 2014
        Burke takes a break from his Dave Robicheaux series to offer an ambitious, deeply satisfying historical thriller that fills in backstory on the author's other fictional family, the Hollands. With two series already in place starring contemporary members of the Holland clan, Burke now steps back in time to tell the story of oilman Weldon Avery Holland and his struggle to carve a life for himself on his own terms. The tale begins in 1934 with a chance encounter between the 16-year-old Weldon and Bonnie and Clyde, whose reckless spirit both frightens and entrances the young boy, who is looking for a way to escape the many-tentacled entrapments of his family. That way comes with WWII, where Lieutenant Holland and his sergeant, Hershel Pine, miraculously survive the Battle of the Bulge and encounter a concentration camp survivor, Rosita Lowenstein, with whom Weldon falls in love and eventually marries. The wartime scenes showcase Burke at his bestvivid, finely wrought, highly evocative writing detailing the horrors of battlebut, in the story, those scenes merely set the table for the horrors to come, when Weldon and Hershel strike out for themselves as wildcat oilmen but soon run afoul of the old-money tycoons driving the industry. Stand-up guys versus bent big shots is one of Burke's perennial themes, but this time he throws a few curves, especially in the way he incorporates Weldon and Rosita's love story into the oil battle and shows Rosita to be the most stand-up guy of all. A wonderful slice of midcentury American life overlaid with the roiling drama of individual lives as only Burke can portray them. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Burke's Dave Robicheaux mysteries always make best-seller lists, but this historical thriller may have even more sales potential, as it will draw a larger crossover audience.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

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In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark.

Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business.

In just a few years' time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose...
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