False Face, Ernest Haycox
False Face, Ernest Haycox
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False Face
Westerns

Author: Ernest Haycox

Narrator: Edmond Mercier

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Audio Holdings

Published: 01/01/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

They came from every corner of the State of Oregon and from adjoining states, rough people and refined, all eager to share in a new prospect of comfort and prosperity. Yet, the cause of this boom was a mere rumor, an unsubstantiated report that the government was going to dam a river in distant hills and construct major canals to irrigate the desert. It could be a land rush, as had happened in the past, or something worse if the rumor really proved false.

Reviews

Goodreads review by George

First published in 1987, this book does not indicate the reading level. Maybe MG? Who knows, but it is from a time when kids book were (for some reason) made as ugly and unappealing as possible. Inspired by a trip to the Museum of Indian Archaeology in London, Ontario, the plot of this thriller revo......more

Found at a Swedish train station's "lend and read section" when my book was read out. Now it is a MG book so didn't expect a deeper plot. It is interesting, on one hand I liked the dabble into Irocese mysticism and issues of mixed blood etc. However I would have liked more fleshed out characters and......more

Goodreads review by Leanna

My cousin and I loved this book so much that we spent ages browsing the stalls selling native masks at all of the summer festivals! Pretty sure we thought we'd stumble upon some magical ones.......more