Seven Rivers West: A Novel - Softcover

Hoagland, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158574865X ISBN 13: 9781585748655

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2003

Synopsis

SEVEN RIVERS WEST chronicles the adventures of Cecil Roop, an easterner drawn to the West in the 1880s in search of a grizzly cub to bring back east to show on the Vaudeville circuit. During his quest--which evolves into a hunt for a bigfoot--he picks up eccentric companions: Sutton, a circus performer in search of gold; Charley, a wily old frontiersman; Roy, a one-armed, toothless gold hunter; Margaret, a serene Indian woman; and a pack of loyal dogs. Full of high drama, bear attacks, run-ins with displaced Indians, and set against the stunning backdrop of the natural wonders of the West at the turn of the century, this novel is at once a picaresque adventure and the exuberant story of an unprecedented quest.

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From the Back Cover:

Cecil Roop is a young man who has left his wife and children to head out to the Western frontier in the 1880s. He is in search of a grizzly cub to bring back East to show on the vaudeville circuit, but along the way becomes obsessed with Big Foot legends, and his focus shifts to the hunt for the mythical creature. On his quest he picks up eccentric companions: Sutton, a circus performer in search of gold; Roy, a one-armed, toothless gold hunter; Margaret, an Indian woman; and a pack of loyal dogs. Full of high adventure, grizzly attacks, and ambushes, and set against the backdrop of the stupendous natural wonders of the West at the turn of the century, this novel is at once a picaresque adventure and the exuberant story of an unprecedented quest.

About the Author:

EDWARD HOAGLAND, one of America's most distinguished writers, is the author of fifteen books, including Walking the Dead Diamond River (page TK), The Courage of Turtles, Red Wolves and Black Bears (page TK), African Calliope, The Tugman's Passage (page TK), Balancing Acts (page TK), and Tigers & Ice (page TK). He lives in Vermont and teaches in the English Department at Bennington College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 158574865X
• ISBN 13: 9781585748655
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320