- Mass Market Paperback: 375 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; First THUS edition (May 1 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553256734
- ISBN-13: 978-0553256734
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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#1,410,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #39 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Westerns > Louis L'Amour
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Seventeenth volume in L'Amour's Sackett family Western epic though fourth in time, being set in the 17th century. Following a call, young Jubal Sackett leaves his Virginia home to find his own place in the far blue mountains beyond the Great River. He falls in with Keokotah, a Kickapoo Indian, and is befriended by a Natchee medicine man who wants Jubal to find the Natchees' Sun maiden - Itchakomi Ishia, who speaks with the tongue of a man long dead and has led some Natchees into the Far Seeing Lands (the Plains), but now is needed back home again. Later, alone, Jubal calamitously breaks his leg, has to lay up in a cave. But never despairing, he eats leaves and roots, sets snares, drinks hot chicory. Battles a panther by hand. Keokotah returns, nurses him and they push off into the Midwest. Itchakomi at last appears - a kind of Peruvian beauty and quite snooty. All hole up in a cave, with Jubal as chief, to await the passing of winter so that she can return home. But Itchakomi gets eyes for Jubal. Meanwhile, unfriendly Conejero Indians led by the bad apple Kapata from Itchakomi's tribe pursue them - Kapata wants Komi for his mate. After endless pages of flirting, Komi and Jubal marry, and build a fort for the Natchees to move to as their new home. But now irate Spanish troops show up and the newlyweds also find themselves between warring Pawness and Komantsis. Jubal finally kills Kapata in a hand-to-hand knife fight, and the climax is the appearance of a ferocious, wounded, hairy elephant (last of the mastadons). All in all, primer-plain and told at a nice lope, with plenty of lore and authentic flora and fauna, hunting and skinning, bloody fights, and wood-fires for cookouts and reading under the stars. (Kirkus Reviews)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail, the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one of America's greatest storytellers. In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of this great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land.
Kindred spirits on a restless quest...
Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people when their aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger from an implacable enemy ... and show him a life -- and a woman -- worth dying for.
From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Kindred spirits on a restless quest...
Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people when their aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger from an implacable enemy ... and show him a life -- and a woman -- worth dying for.
From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A decent read, but a bit monochromatic,
By Gary Scott (SC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jubal Sackett (Mass Market Paperback)
A typical L'Amour book - a dashing, trustworthy protagonist, just trying to live in peace but able to defend himself if and when necessary. Jubal Sackett is loved and trusted by all except the villains, who themselves have absolutely no redeeming qualities at all. In other words, the characters are very flat and monochromatic, and as a result, they come across as very artificial.One thing you have to hand to L'Amour, though - he writes book easily read in an evening.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great audio book,
By mike griffin (richmond va) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jubal Sackett (Audio Cassette)
This by far is the best audio book Ive listened to.The guy reading the story has an accent that fits the story perfectly. While this is a lengthy book it is never boring
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Lamour's better books,
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This review is from: Jubal Sackett (Mass Market Paperback)
I have yet to read many of his books, but I must say that all of Lamour's books are great. Jubal Sackett is a special character. I appreciate that Lamour spent more time on this book (or at least made it longer than usual) in order to give us a full scope of Jubal's transcending years in his migration to the west. The Sacketts are successful because they are well learned in many a trade and they don't take things for granted. They nurture their friendships when they can and comfront their enemies just as readily. You feel this story, you root for the characters and you feel as though you are among them. I guess this is more of a mountain man book than a western, but it still sets the setting for the Sackett's pushing west. A great book.
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