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While searching for his lost horse Daylight, this character stumbles upon an abandoned hut plastered with articles about the American Civil War. While working at a sawmill, this character becomes enamored by the novel Lorna Doone, though his copy is later ruined during a risky river (15[1])crossing. Sergeant O’Reilly tells this person and his brother Jem that their father had been seen wearing a flower-embroidered dress. Before being betrayed by him, this character listens to the schoolteacher Thomas Cardew recite from Henry V. This character’s (*) group begins a series of killings after finding a set of long leather straps and a Spencer repeating rifle. (-5[1])Poorly-punctuated parcels addressed to this man’s daughter in California frame a novel that opens (-5[1])with him being gunned down with Jim Bryne (10[1]-5[1])and Steve Hart. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this outlaw whose “true (10[2])history” (10[1])titles (10[2])a Peter Carey (10[1])novel. ■END■ (10[5])

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