Red Water: A novel - Hardcover

Freeman, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375420924 ISBN 13: 9780375420924

Publisher: Pantheon, 2002

Synopsis

A member of Brigham Young's inner circle, the charismatic John D. Lee holds a high position in the Mormon church until he is held accountable for the Mountain Meadows Massacre in which 120 settlers are slaughtered by a group of Mormons and their Indian allies, in a dramatic novel about the early days of Mormonism. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

"An unforgettable portrait of the unceasing labor, passion and danger of frontier life, recalling the best of Willa Cather." --Los Angeles Times

"Freeman presents ravishing visions of the land, which becomes as much a character in her drama as the people she so vividly conjures . . . Gorgeous and galvanizing." --Newsday

"[C]ompelling, vivid writing that is both compassionate and unflinching; Freeman has gotten under the skin of these three very different women and their milieu in a profoundly affecting way." --The Seattle Times

"[R]evelatory. . . . [C]reates a vivid, believable picture of the high religious fervor and red-dust-covered hardships of the Utah frontier." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"Freeman renders the terrible beauty of this land and the flinty resolve of these people with great skill." --The Washington Post

"Captures the mayhem of America's westward expansion . . . An evocative tale of religious brutality and pioneer hardship set against an unforgiving landscape." -Chicago Tribune

"Intense, charged with real feeling and electricity . . . Intelligent, complex prose will give readers a chance to reflect on the deeper meanings of love and faith and endurance." -The Oregonian

"Engrossing. . . . Freeman eschews the tributaries of contemporary domestic life for the deeper and darker lake of the past. . . . Unforgettable." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The narrative soars . . . makes astute points about the almost indistinguishable similarities between faith and love." -The New Yorker

"A powerful novel whose three narrators engage us so completely that we absorb their intricate history effortlessly." -BookPage

About the Author:

Judith Freeman is the author of three previous novels–The Chinchilla Farm, Set for Life, and A Desert of Pure Feeling– and of Family Attractions, a collection of stories. She lives in California with her husband, the photographer Anthony Hernandez.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375420924
• ISBN 13: 9780375420924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336