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Description edit
Out of his experiences working on a chain gang, Donn Pearce created Cool Hand Luke, war hero turned "pretty evil feller," whose refusal to "git his mind right" becomes part of his fellow convicts' mythology of survival.
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First Sentence edit
EVERY MORNING WE COUNT OFF THROUGH the gate in single file, our voices echoing out into the darkness and into the glare of the spotlights on the corners of the fence.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Donn Pearce (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1965
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1965
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ4.P357 Co
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Cool Hand Luke (1967) (IMDb): Staring Paul Newman, and George Kennedy
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