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Format:
Book (regular print)
Title:
By sorrow's river : a novel
ISBN:
9780743233040

9780743262712

9780743451437

9780739439104

9780743527897
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2003.
Physical Description:
xiv, 347 pages ; 24 cm.
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Number in series:
BK. 3.
Contents:
Platitudes -- Perils of democracy -- Trappers in love -- Tasman wipes a tear -- Kit suggests a trade -- The balloonists arrive -- Les oiseaux -- Two scouts who can't agree -- A wet prospect -- The sin killer leaves -- A novel revenge -- A painful discovery -- An animal victim A love revealed -- The altar or nothing -- Sledgehammer and anvil -- Innocence thwarted -- The sun killer takes fright -- A plague -- Young wives or old age -- A servant upbraided -- Vexation of Tasmin -- A rude surprise -- A hasty return -- A moonlit reunion -- An ideal lookout -- Practical copulation -- Seven Pawnee boys -- Stable boy and maid -- Aftermath of battle -- A wife rebuffed -- A thirsty passage -- Perils of the plains -- An unpalatable drink -- An ox appears -- A thorn poisonous as a snake -- Fatigues of journalists -- A bear repulsed -- Perplexities of passion -- Ending with eagles -- A bride assesses her groom -- An unwelcome arrival -- An unconvincing call -- A slaver reflects -- An unexpected strike -- Winter winds -- A thirsty man -- Impatience of slavers -- An unexpected proposal -- The trader felled -- Tasmin settles in -- A disappointment -- A husband prepares to depart -- A little boy waves -- Willy does his duty -- Little Onion and Signor Claricia -- A wedding in New Mexico -- A sudden arrest -- Captives -- A soldier's bitterness -- Pomp declines to flee -- Revenge.
Summary:
Raising her young son, Monty, Tasmin Berrybender hopes to turn him into an English gentleman despite his life on the trail toward Santa Fe, an endeavor that is compromised by painful occurrences in the lives of Tasmin's husband and father.
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