Sow the Seeds of Hemp

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Sow the Seeds of Hemp
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Author Gary Jennings
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Published1976
Pages288
ISBN 9780393335705

Sow the Seeds of Hemp is a 1976 novel by Gary Jennings. It tells the story of two men, Virgil Stewart and John Murrell, both former members of the same outlaw gang, as one risks his life to bring the other to justice. [1]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews considered it to be "(a) true story as authentic as a hanging", but less funny than Jennings' earlier novel The Terrible Teague Bunch. [2]

The New York Times called it "entertaining"; [3] however, People noted that it "flopped". [4]

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References

  1. Jennings, Gary (1976). Sow the Seeds of Hemp. W W NORTON & Company Incorporated. ISBN   978-0-393-33570-5 . Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. Paperbacks: New and Noteworthy, in The New York Times ; published January 17, 1982
  4. Gary Jennings Makes Like Marco Polo and Returns with His Own Tall Tale, the Journeyer, by James McBride; in People ; published May 14, 1984; retrieved March 20, 2020