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The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I


Book Description
Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea in the first volume of The Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange single-mindedness tr... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingAudible Audio Edition (67 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B0000E69E6
Publication Date10/06/2003
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About Stephen King (Author) : Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David... more
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About George Guidall (Narrator) : George Guidall is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of George Guidall include The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who... (Audio)), The Cat Who Wasn't T... more
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1/28/2012 Christina Pannell said: I have always loved this series. King brings you into a different world, and you can clearly picture in your head the world he creates.
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5/30/2010 Ben Fichter said:
I had never finished reading a Stephen King novel (I beg pardon sai). Actually, for the most part I had never gotten past the tenth page or so, until I came across the gunslinger. For some reason it just gripped me. I think it was because of the style of writing and his voice throughout the story. T... more

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