Description
A Spur and Wrangler Award Winner Soon to be a major film directed by Tommy Lee Jones With a new afterword by Miles SwarthoutOn the 1850s frontier, some brave women's hearts and minds were broken by bitter hardship. A "homesman" must escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium, and the job falls to the indomitable and resourceful Mary Bee Cuddy. She knows she cannot succeed alone, but the only companion Mary Bee can find is low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek against the tide of colonization, hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
343 pages
Language
English
Published
Nov 19, 2014
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Editions
11 editions
ISBN-10
141047352X
ISBN-13
9781410473523