Ride the Moon Down
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553572822 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With his beautiful Crow Indian wife, Waits-by-the-Water, and two small children, Bass rides across New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming in search of the ever elusive beaver, refusing to believe that his way of life is disappearing. . From Publishers Weekly Roughcut, venerable mountainman Titus Bass is back in Johnston's seventh installment (Crack in the Sky) in the bloody adventures of the free-spirited Rocky Mountain fur trapper. Here Johnston fills seven years (1834-1840) with exploring, beaver trapping, Indian fighting, whiskey drinking, man-killing and other mountain mayhem. Half-bald from a scalping, half-blind and scarred from bullets, arrows, tomahawks and knives, Bass embodies the decline of the once-booming fur trade. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Between the annual revelry of the trappers' rendezvous, Bass faces horse thieves, feuding Frenchmen and swarms of I
A brilliantly exciting and thoroughly researched novel of the end of the dream that was the unmapped and virgin wilderness in the American West starring the king of the mountain men, Titus Bass.. The time of the mountain man is coming to an endbut some--like Titus Bass will not exit gently
Frontier Reailty muzzy1 Well written in the dialect of the times. Entertaining and informative . A great peak into the history of the American frontier. Follow the life of a trapper from the earliest days of our vast country to the times when the West was just beginning to draw humanity into it's wilderness. The men who braved the harsh conditions are. Andy Kober said Excellent read.. Excellent story-telling skills. Johnston does an admirable job in developing characters and a main storyline. He also incorporates side issues quite well. For fans of the age of American exploration, specifically the mountain men, this is a must read. The author manages to get the reader involved in the story.. I liked this book! Amazon Customer Interesting quasi-historical story of the fur trappers in the American west in the 1830s.Great consistent writing and real historical characters.