The Wandering Hill: A Novel (Berrybender Narratives)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743527844 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 383 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Malicious youngest child Mary begins an odd pseudo-sexual friendship with naturalist Piet Van Wely, while "foppish" heir Bobbety's no less ambiguous relationship with priest Father Geoffrin inspires his father to accidentally stick his son in the eye with a fork. McMurtry, meanwhile, continues the momentum he built with Sin Killer, offering graceful storytelling, wonderfully dimensional realism, and deadpan wit. The wintry Wandering Hill, however, diverges from Sin Killer's madcap activity to further consider the inner lives of many of its splendid characters. In between many such self-inflicted disasters, three children are born, fierce native tribes attack, a man is sewn into a buffalo carcass, and many lives are lost, often in the presence of a strange, mobile hill whose legendary appearance signals impending doom. Conflict has arisen between fiery and very p
A Wild Saga - part 2 The Wandering Hill is part two of a four-part series chronicaling the adventures of the aristocratic, English Berrybender family exploring the American West in the 1830's on a steamship on the Missouri River. Lord Berrybender is accompanied by his gluttonous wife and six of his 1A Wild Saga - part 2 Brenda Frank The Wandering Hill is part two of a four-part series chronicaling the adventures of the aristocratic, English Berrybender family exploring the American West in the 1830's on a steamship on the Missouri River. Lord Berrybender is accompanied by his gluttonous wife and six of his 14 legitimate children. Th. legitimate children. Th. X-Wonderbug said The first of the four part saga of the British. The first of the four part saga of the British Berrybender Family saga, travelling in the west for hunting, etc. Lord B is very rich and takes most of his family and servants with him. Apparently they think they are going into the woods in England. Surprise!! Gruesome events overtake them because of thei. "A Western odyssey" according to India Russell. In THE WANDERING HILL,Volume Two of the four volumes of the Berrybender narratives, McMurtry begins to polish and sculpt his delicious cavalcade of characters out of the American West. (Don't start here though. Begin by reading THE SIN KILLER and continue through the A Western odyssey India Russell In THE WANDERING HILL,Volume Two of the four volumes of the Berrybender narratives, McMurtry begins to polish and sculpt his delicious cavalcade of characters out of the American West. (Don't start here though. Begin by reading THE SIN KILLER and continue through the 4 books in order. The story is vast a. books in order. The story is vast a
From the murder of the iced-in steamship's crew to the appearance of the Partezon, a particularly blood-thirsty Sioux warrior with a band of over two hundred, The Wandering Hill is at once literature on a grand scale and riveting entertainment by a master storyteller.. Tasmin is about to become a mother, living with the elusive young mountain man Jim Snow. Amidst all this, the Berrybender family -- English, eccentric, wealthy, and fiercely out of place -- continues their journey of exploration, although beset by difficulties, tragedies, and the increasing hardships of day-to-day survival. In The Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry continues the story of Tasmin Berrybender and her family in the unexplored Wild West of the 1830s, at that point in time when Lewis and Clark are still a living memory, and when the clash between the powerful Indian tribes of the Missouri and the encroaching white Americans is about to turn into full-blown tragedy. Abandoning their luxurious steamer, which is stuck in the ice near the Knife River, they make their way overland to the confluence of the Missouri and the Yellowstone. Theirs is a great love affair, lived out in conditions of great risk