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5.0 out of 5 stars Recapturing the Past, The Sea of Grass by Conrad Richter, April 23 2002

By	Barbara A. Roppa (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea of Grass (Paperback)

Conrad Richter is a detailed narrator of the Early American Scene.The clear sense of a spacious natural setting that he has depcited in other novels like the vast New Mexican territory in The Lady, the elemental force of the natural forest in The Trees, and The Light in the Forest is present in The Sea of Grass. The cattle barons with their ranches "as big a Massachusetts with Connecticut thrown in" and the rolling spanse of emerald green prairie in the spring will render a visual sense of splendor.Historically, Richter encompasses the tense struggle between the rich cattle barons and the squatters in the mid 1800's. My favorite part of the book is the unexpected direction of the character Lutie. The delicate balance of prose and the strong conflicts that develop between the characters, the Colonel, Lutie, Brock, and Judge Chamberlain grab the readers' full attention. Mr. Richter with an uncanny skill for recapturing the past dramatizes the brutality and bravado of the Southwest in the mid 1800's in The Sea of Grass.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deceptively simple chronicle of a forgotten time, April 22 2000

By	Joseph T. Reeves (Fort Meade, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea of Grass (Paperback)

"The Sea of Grass" is a simple story masterfully told by Conrad Richter. No other writer can match Richter's ability to capture the spoken word of a region or particular time period, or equal his aptitude in turning a simple chain of events into powerful story telling. This novel chronicles the end of the New Mexico frontier as seen through the eyes of Hal, the nephew of one of the last great cattle ranchers. As civilization encroaches even onto that remote region, Colonel Jim Brewton symbolizes the last struggle and eventual submission of the land to the inevitable development of the forces of society. Richter also weaves Brewton's marriage to an unfaithful wife and his relationship to their children into this conflict. Although this plot appears derivative and indentical to that of a soap opera, Richter's prose style elevates it to the status of a great tragedy. Richter clearly mourns the passing of the great independents whose struggle to develop the land clearly and ironically led to their own obsolescence.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lyrical prose. Masterfully told., Aug 8 1999

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This review is from: Sea of Grass (Paperback)

The reason why it is so important to pay attention to description is because Richter uses nearly every detail to help tell the story. The prose is evocative in the tradition of some of the best modernist writing at the time like Willa Cather. Despite the occasional misplaced modifier, Sea of Grass is definitely a book that deserves a close reading--if only for Richter's poetic prose that makes you want to read out loud.

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3.0 out of 5 stars United States Reader-Short, but Hard Read
This book gets to descriptive and gets hard to understand at some times, you must keep in tuned otherwise you will be lost forever!!!

Published on April 15 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars More a l950s screenplay than a novel
Sea of Grass has larger than life characters, one dimensional, more suitable to the big screen than a novel. Read more

Published on Mar 11 1999