Description
Set in 1833, this sweeping frontier saga follows the flamboyant Berrybender family as they travel up the Yellowstone River toward the Rocky Mountains, encountering danger, cultural conflict, and the untamed vastness of the American West. Against this grand landscape, family loyalties are tested by domestic violence, shifting relationships, and Lord Berrybender’s increasingly erratic behavior. Blending dark humor, vivid historical detail, and a sharply unsentimental view of privilege and expansion, the novel explores the volatile collision between civilization, wilderness, and human ambition. Its expansive storytelling and richly drawn characters offer a memorable portrait of a nation—and a family—in turbulent transformation.
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Pocket Star
Published Nov 1, 2003
406 pages
ISBN: 9780743451420
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry.