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    Buffalo Talker
    Buffalo Talker
    Buffalo Talker
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    Buffalo Talker

    By Troy D. Smith

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    Orphaned and mentally challenged, Bobby Devane’s cruel uncle called him “slow and backward.” But Bobby had a very special ability –and the Cheyenne band that takes him in can recognize what no one he knew before ever could...

    A short story by Peacemaker and Spur Award winner Troy D. Smith

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCane Hollow Press
    Release dateMay 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301051038
    Buffalo Talker
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    Troy D. Smith

    Born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee, Mr. Smith has loved books even before he could read them. In 1995 his first short story was accepted by Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he has been published in magazines since then on a fairly regular basis. Author of numerous award winning short stories and novels, Troy is currently a Doctoral candidate in the History Department at the University of Illinois. He says, "I don't write about things that happen to people—I write about people that things happen to."

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      Buffalo Talker - Troy D. Smith

      BUFFALO TALKER

      By Troy D. Smith

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      *****

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Wolf Pass Books

      BUFFALO TALKER

      Copyright © 1999 by Troy D. Smith

      Originally published in The Shootist

      Cover: Frederick Remington’s Calling Back the Buffalo (public domain)

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously

      BUFFALO TALKER

      Troy D. Smith

      My name is Bobby Devane. Folks back at the settlements -even my own folks -called me other things, too. Like slow, and backward. Stupid. Some called me big words which I don’t know what they mean, but I

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