I and Claudie
By: Dillon Anderson ; foreword by A.C. Greene.
Series: Double mountain books--classic reissues of the American West
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction.; Male friendship -- Fiction.; Humorous stories, American.; Texas -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Meet Clint Hightower, who prides himself on living by his wits, and his friend Claudie, who has a "country bass" voice, a big build, and an eye for the girls. As engaging a pair of rascals as ever traveled the highway of American humor, the two become partners in the early 1940s after a bit of unpleasantness in New Orleans makes it advisable to absent themselves from the city and try their luck in Texas. There they take a fling at dude ranching, join the campaign tour of Horace Q.

Ball for Governor, and manage to entangle themselves in a crap game, a hurricane, a treasure hunt, and a revival meeting. Clint and Claudie go where they like, work when they must, grift when they can, and have all the fun the law allows - especially when the law isn't looking."--BOOK JACKET.