Book Overview
"Set primarily on the high plains during the 1860s, this novel has the epic sweep of the frontier built into it."- Publishers Weekly Jonah Hook fought for the Confederacy at Pea Ridge and Corinth, where he was wounded, captured, and sent to the prison hellhole they called Rock Island. The only way out for the young Reb was to don a blue uniform and serve on the western frontier as a "galvanized Yankee." Along the North Platte, Tongue, and Powder rivers, Jonah Hook fights side by side with a buckskinned scout named Shadrach Sweete. When he returns to his Missouri farm, he finds an empty house and overgrown land. Now it will take all the knowledge and hard cunning he acquired on the frontier to rescue his family from the brutal men who kidnapped them. Finding them will be the journey of a lifetime.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553562401
ISBN13:9780553562408
Release Date:August 1993
Publisher:Domain
Length:480 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 4.2" x 6.8"
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2 ratings
Like Titus Bass? Try a side trek with Shad Sweete
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I finished the whole Titus Bass series from Carry the Wind to the author's last volume in the series, which he had finished soon before his death. With the death of Titus and the author (I think he secretly was the character in his books), I felt a loss and just had to read more. This is a great follow-up to Titus, following Shad, his longtime friend and fellow trapper, and a new member in the cast, a younger, ex-Confederate rebel, Jonah Hook. Jonah takes us around the plains on his journey to right what was wronged against his family in the years following the Civil War, where the frontier was ridden by men who make their own rules and often raised a hand against their own kind without remorse. You'll enjoy this book a lot and find the reading engrossing as all of Terry's books.
As a Lakota (Hunkpapa) I felt at home with the history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The story was a page turner. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.This is the first book of his I have read and I intend to read all of his books.
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