| The Sound of the Trees Contributor(s): Gatewood, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312421885 ISBN-13: 9780312421885 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: In the American Southwest, in 1930, Trude Mason and his mother ride out into the predawn quiet, hoping to escape Trude's brutal, violent father and an equally violent past. They plan on reaching Colorado, a place they believe holds the biggest ranches, the most limitless promise, and lives of the greatest ease. What Trude finds in a small border town in New Mexico, however, is brutality and lawlessness in the form of a cruel, pitiless sheriff and his devoted posse. When they arrest and sentence to death a young woman whose life Trude has saved, he must endure an explosive collision between conscience and self-preservation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001051703 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the American Southwest, in 1930, Trude Mason and his mother ride out into the predawn quiet, hoping to escape Trude's brutal, violent father and an equally violent past. They plan on reaching Colorado, a place they believe holds the biggest ranches, the most limitless promise, and lives of the greatest ease. What Trude finds in a small border town in New Mexico, however, is brutality and lawlessness in the form of a cruel, pitiless sheriff and his devoted posse. When they arrest and sentence to death a young woman whose life Trude has saved, he must endure an explosive collision between conscience and self-preservation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gatewood, Robert: - Robert Gatewood lives in New Mexico. The Sound of the Trees was a Book Sense 76 pick and is his first novel. |