The Way West

Name: The Way West
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
ISBN: 9781624062995

Author: A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

Series: Big Sky Series #2

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 04/16/2013

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

An enormously entertaining classic, The Way West brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to The Big Sky, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With The Way West, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessaka

A group of farmers desire to pack up and move from Missouri to Oregon. Sounds like a good idea, because Missouri has chiggers that keep you scratching and itching for weeks. Then it has the blasting heat and humidity that makes life just miserable. But for whatever reason they didn't talk about leav......more

Goodreads review by JimZ

A GR friend of mine read this 1951 Pulitzer Prize Winner and his review intrigued me enough to put it on my TBR list. I got a copy from the library and have been reading it for the last 3 days. It hooked me from the very beginning in which one of the main characters, Lije Evans, who lived in Missour......more