The Rawhide Knot and Other Stories Johnny Delmas and the sacred—if not essential—nature

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The Rawhide Knot and Other Stories Johnny Delmas and the sacred—if not essential—natureMarriage is the dominant theme of these eight powerful stories about men and women on the widely scattered frontiers of the Ohio River Valley and the Old West. The rawhide knot symbolizes the rough exigencies binding the lives of Conrad Richter's pioneer couples. The title story portrays the death of Sayward Hewett Wheeler and, by long flashback, her marriage in the Ohio wilderness to a shy, bookish, outcast easterner. From "The Rawhide Knot" Richter