Arbuckle: A Novel: Volume 3 (Arbuckle Trilogy) - Softcover

Rowland, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069277839X ISBN 13: 9780692778395

Publisher: Fifty-Six Counties Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

When Catherine Boland is forced to sell her hat shop in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, after extracting herself from a violent relationship with a man named Lonnie Spicer, she moves to Deadwood to try and rebuild her life. Catherine gets a job as a bank teller, and soon meets a young ranch hand named George Arbuckle, who is so shy he can barely speak to her. When the couple falls in love, Catherine has no way of knowing that George has been manipulated into joining a group of local vigilantes that she has actively campaigned to stop. When the truth comes out, their relationship is tested, and the challenge goes to another level when Catherine is violently raped soon after their marriage.  Arbuckle is the prequel to Russell Rowland's debut novel, In Open Spaces, which the New York Times called 'a novel of muted elegance' and about which Ivan Doig said "Russell Rowland has given us a vivid and distinctive piece of homespun to take its proper place in the literary quilt of the West."

About this title

Review:

"This book is humble and deep, like the author himself. Part love story, part frontier mystery, Russell Rowland's latest novel is a heartbreaking, heartwarming journey that's meant to be savored."

--Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Songs of Willow Frost, and Love and Other Consolation Prizes

"Arbuckle is a fine novel. Rowland reaches high and gets where he intended to go."

Richard Wheeler, Six-time Spur Award recipient

"This heartfelt exploration of the lives and hard times of a prairie ranch family fairly pulses with the intrigues of existence. Russell Rowland has given us a vivid and distinctive piece of homespun to take its proper place in the literary quilt of the West."

̶ Ivan Doig, A Trip to Wisdom and This House of Sky, National Book Award finalist

"Fifty-Six Counties, a book I read with pleasure and admiration, is a great companion for those who already love Montana and for those anxious to get a real sense of the place without the salesmanship."

̶ Tom McGuane, The Cadence of Grass and Gallatin Canyon

About the Author:

Russell Rowland is the author of four critically acclaimed novels, as well as a non-fiction narrative, Fifty-Six Counties: A Montana Journey. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University, and has been a finalist for the High Plains Book Award twice. He lives in Billings, Montana, where he co-hosts a podcast called Breakfast in Montana (breakfastinmontana.com), and teaches online writing workshops, and works privately with other writers. (www.russellrowland.com)

About this edition

• Publisher: Fifty-Six Counties Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 069277839X
• ISBN 13: 9780692778395
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360