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Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Summary & Study Guide Description
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Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Plot Summary
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Blood Meridian follows a teenager, known only as the "kid", as he runs from his home in Tennessee and finds himself in Texas, a member of a renegade unit of the army still intent on fighting the Mexican War. After entering Texas, this unit is ambushed by Indians and massacred. He then joins the Glanton Gang to avoid jail time and finds himself linked with a dark man he has met before, Judge Holden. What follows is a dark, violent story about the west that will leave its readers stunned by its gory conclusion.
At fourteen, the kid runs away from home and finds himself in Texas where, after some trouble that has him running from the law, the kid joins up with a renegade unit of the army still intent on fighting the Mexican War. However, once in Mexico, the kid's army unit is massacred, leaving behind only a...
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