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The Big Sky
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The Big Sky Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Guthrie, A. B., Guthrie, A. B., Jr

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Originally published more than fifty years ago, THE BIG SKY is the first of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.'s, epic adventure novels of America's vast frontier. THE BIG SKY introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in Western American literature. Traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, Caudill becomes an untamed mountain man, whom only the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief dares to love. With THE BIG SKY, Guthrie gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spacious land and a unique way of life.

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  • Title The Big Sky
  • Author Guthrie, A. B., Guthrie, A. B., Jr
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, Boston, MA
  • Date 2002-01-09
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 7898962-6
  • ISBN 9780618154630 / 0618154639
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Reading level 960
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: Montana
    • Topical: Country/Cowboy
  • Library of Congress subjects Western stories, Montana
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002279045
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

A classic portrait of America's vast frontier that inspired the Western genre in fiction.

 

Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, Caudill becomes an untamed mountain man, whom only the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief dares to love.

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  • Booklist, 04/15/2007, Page 30
  • Men's Journal, 05/01/2004, Page 46

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