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A quiet haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off. But things have changed in Arizona since he first rode out to go fight for the Confederacy. Two brothers—Union men—have claimed his spread and they're not about to give it back, leaving Cable and his family no place to settle in peace. It seems this war is not yet over for Paul Cable. But no one's going to take away his land and his future—not with their laws, their lies, or their guns.

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Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story "Fire in the Hole," and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; Reprint edition (August 13, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062267299
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062267290
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.58 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #71,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,917 in Westerns (Books)
- #2,011 in Western & Frontier Romance
- #5,568 in American Literature (Books)

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Elmore Leonard wrote forty-five novels and nearly as many western and crime short stories across his highly successful career that spanned more than six decades. Some of his bestsellers include Road Dogs, Up in Honey’s Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories Fire in the Hole. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch, which became Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. Justified, the hit series from FX, is based on Leonard’s character Raylan Givens, who appears in Riding the Rap, Pronto, Raylan and the short story “Fire in the Hole”. He was a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA, and the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He was known to many as the ‘Dickens of Detroit’ and was a long-time resident of the Detroit area.

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A Lesser Leonard Novel

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2012

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I'm a big fan of Elmore Leonard, he is one of my favorite living authors. Until recently I ignored his westerns but I started getting into them and mostly like them. But this one is an exception. One of the worst Leonard books I've ever read. One thing I've noticed about Leonard is that when it comes to historical context he usually falls flat. This really struck me in the WWII novel Up In Honey'r Room and I notice it here as well. Its a novel about the Civil War but no one ever even talks about black people or slaves, let alone is there one black person present in the whole story. Also, Leonard veers away from his usual focus on action and dialog an tries to get philosophical about issues of morality, war, and violence. Unfortunately, the attempts at philosophy fall terribly flat and the plot is one of his least engaging or believable. Quite honestly, I thought the hero of the story was just kind of a jerk to put his wife and family in this kind of danger over a matter of principle and some land. And all of the characters were incredibly two dimensional, no interesting banter as in most Leonard novels. Worth reading for Leonard fanatics who want to read everything the master has written, some of the stuff where he talked about Bedford Forrest and how the hero was applying what he learned from him was kind of interesting but definitely one of Leonard's lesser works.

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Another winner by Elmore Leonard with a strong, silent hero

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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Another winner by Elmore Leonard. In these early works he seems to favor the strong, silent hero. His heroes take a lot of abuse but show restraint in responding until they are pushed to their limits. He also shows that his hero in this book can take an adversarial relationship and turn it around. In this book, his hero, Paul Cable, is a rebel soldier returning home just before the end of the Civil War. He finds that his house and land have been occupied by a group of men that are supplying fresh horses to the Union Army. Instead of going in to this situation with guns blazing, he seeks to work it out with the group through many different avenues. By the end of the book, we find Cable and his adversary uniting against a common enemy. Leonard ends the book abruptly leaving us to speculate how the future will turn out for these two likeable, but amazingly similar, characters.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2013

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This is a particularly good story of the old west by Elmore Leonard. I'm a fan of most of the western writers and especially those who include the drama of "good against evil" and its emotional impact on the characters. I live in the North but have spent some good times in New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California. I love well written stories about the Southwest especially those with interesting (and accurate) historical information about the people and places of the Old West. I've read nearly ever book by Louie L'Amour and Zane Grey, some more than once. In fact, an interesting experience for me with regard to "Last Stand at Saber River" is that I saw the movie first and left the theater convinced it was a Louis L'Amour story. Obviously I didn't read the credits. I enjoyed the story so much on the screen I decided to read the book itself. Well, big surprise, the book was actually written by Leonard and I loved the book as much, if not better, than the film. Since that experience, I've read several of Leonard's other westerns (haven't tried one of his mystery's yet) and have enjoyed.

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Mik breuning

Last Stand at Sabre River

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2010

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Last Stand at Sabre River is a standard western in a good sense. A former confederate soldier returns to his ranch with his family to find it occupied by a North State supporter who do not intend to return it to the rightful owner. A range war is the result and evil powers see their chance to interfere for their own benefit. Elmore Leonard is a master storyteller. He keeps the plot simple and unaffected and his language is sort of dry and dusty which goes very well along with the story. I recommend all Leonards westerns along with this one.
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steve vincent

Great read!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021

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Not surprisingly a wonderful story set during a terrible time. A time of killing and dying. Also a time of hope. Wonderful western from a master story teller.

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016

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I consider Elmore Leonard a very skilled writer. His western stories are some of his best as far as I am concerned and I think if he had continued writing westerns he would have been one of the best. Last Stand at Saber River is an engrossing story that will keep you interested all the wqy through the end of the book.

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Lewkuh

'nother tight Leonard western

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015

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After a bit of a slow start, the pace picks up and never LETS up until the end. Despite being set in the territories, the claustrophobia of three particular adobes makes it almost feel like a play at times.

A challenging read for modern audiences as well probably, since our protagonist constantly thinks "What would Nathan Bedford Forrest do?" when he's in a jam.

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Holky

A very good western tale!

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2020

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Believable characters, good dialogue and a good pace! Plenty of action. It was engaging from beginning to end! A very good western tale!

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good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2023

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Concise good characters
Holds until the end
Who’s bad and who’s good ? Becomes clear
Nice old fashioned western with lovely dialogue

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Leonard's First is Characteristcally Self-Assured

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2010

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I have more or less read every Elmore Leonard novel. Generally speaking his work is breezy and brisk and I enjoy him in the gaps between heavier novels.

This is Leonard's first novel. He wrote numerous short stories in the Western Genre for a magazine in the 50's, then moved to the novel format.

What is striking about this novel is how self-assured, and how consistent it is with Leonard's body of work over the course of his life. It has the same tone and feel, the same interest in behavior and decision making. The same exploration of motive and will. All the while his characters all seem comfortable with themselves, and confident in their own skin.

If you've enjoyed his crime novels primarily for his writing, you'll enjoy this. Its a change of setting and context but the fundamentals of a good Leonard novel are here.

You may also notice Hombre and Valdez is Coming in the recommended list above. Both are excellent. However Valdez is for me the best of the three. Never the less you can probably bundle all three together on Amazon for a good price. I say do it- you'll enjoy them.

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Bridgey

Action filled

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2018

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I am fairly new to Leonard and this is only my second book by him, the first being the brilliant Hombre, and I have to say that I was not disappointed. His books are full of action with prose that is short and sharp. Almost in a similar style to the noir genre of the 50’s/60’s detective novels, the pages fly by and at just shy of 200 pages can be read in a sitting or two.

Last Stand is set at the end of the American civil war and Paul Cable (a confederate soldier) has returned home to find a Yankee private army has moved into him home. At first he tries reasoning, when that fails he tries force. How long can he protect both his family and his land from the enemies that surround him? Set during a turbulent period of American history, Elmore really captures the mood and uncertainty of the time.

This is really my type of book for when I fancy a quick read without getting too bogged down in details and lengthy passages. These days I will probably be shot down in flames, but I would describe it as a proper mans book with no romance and plenty of action. I will definitely be reading more of his in the future,

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Bobbie

Leonard's 4th novel shows his developing skill as a writer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2016

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The next Elmore Leonard finally rose to the top of the pile. A Confederate army veteran returns home to Arizona with his young family to find the Union army have commandeered his land. Just a Western, but I always enjoy Leonard’s clear, terse style. The plotting of this novel (his 4th, 1959) is more satisfying than the first three, the villain has psychological depth, and the women characters have substance and drive the story as much as the men. Authorial habits that slightly jar: his habit of moving the POV about quite a bit, sometimes mid-scene, and the way he has his characters addressing themselves in the second person in their interior monologues.

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Elmore Leonard What more to say

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2021

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The author's name speaks for itself. When Elmore writes a novel, be it a western or otherwise, you know you're about to meet some well-drawn characters and a wholesome plot. And the only reason I gave it 4 stars being it wasn't long enough.

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