Description
In the unsettled years after the Civil War, the Cecil family leaves Boone’s Lick, Missouri, and undertakes a difficult journey by riverboat and wagon toward Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay Cecil narrates a story shaped by family tensions, frontier violence, restless wanderers, and the uncertain promise of life in the West. Along the way, the family becomes entangled with local lawmen, outlaws, and the not-yet-legendary Wild Bill Hickok as they confront the harsh realities of migration and survival. Blending historical figures and events with McMurtry’s wry, unsentimental style, the novel explores the enduring American impulse to keep moving in search of space, freedom, and a new beginning.
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paperback
Simon & Schuster
Published Jan 1, 2000
287 pages
ISBN: 0684868865
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Details
First Published
2000
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Boone's Lick by Larry McMurtry.