Into the Savage Country - Hardcover

Burke, Shannon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307908925 ISBN 13: 9780307908926

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 2015

Synopsis

This breathtaking adventure set in the American West of the 1820s is at once a tale of complex friendships, a love story, and a panoramic retelling of a crucial moment in American history.
 
When the young William Wyeth leaves St. Louis for a fur-trapping expedition, he nearly loses his life and quickly discovers the depth of loyalty among the men who must depend on one another to survive. While convalescing, he falls in love with proud Alene, a young widow who may or may not wait for him. And on a wildly risky expedition into Crow territory, Wyeth finds himself unwittingly at the center of a deadly boundary dispute among Native American tribes, the British government, and American trapping brigades. A classic adventure told with great suspense and literary flair, Into the Savage Country illuminates the ways in which extreme circumstances expose the truth about the natures of individual men and the surprising mechanics of their bravery, loyalty, and friendship.

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Review:

"The lure of the wilderness proves irresistible for a young trapper in this glorious American frontier novel . . . Burke includes fine episodes of derring-do and there is a thrilling climax, but character is his overriding interest, the way it is shaped by tests of endurance in magnificent, alien landscapes. A grand immersion into the past." --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
"Steeped in Americana, this gritty testament to the fortunes and foibles of one man moves well beyond classic notions of romantic nationalism, revealing the complex core of a rapidly evolving environmental landscape. [A] beautifully conceived version of frontier life." --"Booklist"

The lure of the wilderness proves irresistible for a young trapper in this glorious American frontier novel . . . Burke includes fine episodes of derring-do and there is a thrilling climax, but character is his overriding interest, the way it is shaped by tests of endurance in magnificent, alien landscapes. A grand immersion into the past. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Steeped in Americana, this gritty testament to the fortunes and foibles of one man moves well beyond classic notions of romantic nationalism, revealing the complex core of a rapidly evolving environmental landscape. [A] beautifully conceived version of frontier life. Booklist"

About the Author:

Shannon Burke is the author of the novels Safelight and Black Flies (a New York Times Notable Book). He has also worked on several film projects, including Syriana. He lives in Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0307908925
• ISBN 13: 9780307908926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252