Boone's Lick : a novel

McMurtry, Larry 1936-2021 (Author).

Summary: "The novel follows the Cecil family's arduous journey by riverboat and wagon from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay narrates, describing the journey that begins when his Ma, Mary Margaret, decides to hunt down her elusive husband, Dick, to tell him she's leaving him. Without knowing precisely where he is, they set out across the plains in search of him, encountering grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile Indians as they go. With them are Shay's siblings, G.T., Neva, and baby Marcy; Shay's uncle, Seth; his Granpa Crackenthorpe; and Mary Margaret's beautiful half-sister, Rose. During their journey they pick up a barefooted priest named Father Villy, and a Snake Indian named Charlie Seven Days, and persuade them to join in their travels." "At the heart of the novel, and the adventure, is Mary Margaret, whom we first meet shooting a sheriff's horse out from underneath him in order to feed her family."--Jacket.

Item details

ISBN: 0684868865
ISBN: 9780684868868
ISBN: 074321627X
ISBN: 9780743216272
ISBN: 0671040588
ISBN: 9780671040581
ISBN: 9780786231553
ISBN: 0786231556
Physical Description: print
287 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000

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