![]() ![]() Blevins wants “his” horse back, and is willing to steal it (perhaps for the second time). ![]() The three boys find the great bay in the next Mexican town, but they have no way of establishing Jimmy’s ownership. John Grady and Rawlins return to find Blevins unmounted and barely clothed. The thunder storm washes away Blevins’s clothes (including a pistol he had secreted therein), and the great bay wanders away. Although John Grady and Rawlins don’t really trust Blevins (how did that skinny kid get THAT horse?), they let him ride along with them, perhaps, as he explains, “because I’m an American.” īlevins is a gutsy kid, but he is deathly afraid of lightning, and so when the boys encounter a thunder storm, Blevins leaves the other two boys, sheds his clothes, fearing the metal snaps in his shirt and jeans will attract lightning, and cowers in the make-shift shelter of a small cave. ![]() On their way, they encounter even younger Jimmy Blevins mounted on a truly impressive bay horse. He and his best buddy, Lacey Rawlins (aged 17) get on their best horses (Redbo and Junior) and ride the considerable distance from San Angelo, Texas, across the Rio Grande to Mexico, with no clear plan, although they may be out to seek their fortune and do a little ranching. John Grady, who loves ranching and is enamored with the romance of the cowboy tradition, doesn’t even wait around for the sale. It’s 1949, and the family of John Grady Cole (aged 16) isn’t making any money on its ranch, so it looks as if they intend to sell it. Jim started early with his cowboy obsession ![]()
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