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It’s the early nineteenth century, and the American West is still wild and untamed. Young William Wyeth is ready to throw caution to the wind and join a fur-trapping outfit, even though it means braving wild animals, sudden blizzards, and conflicts with hostile British trappers.
Still, nothing can compare to…
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Probably best known as one of the creators of Netflix's Outer Banks, Shannon Burke is also a novelist. On a first-responder novel binge, I discovered his book Safe Light, which draws from his previous career as an NYC paramedic. While I enjoyed it, it didn't prepare me for the greatness of Into the Savage Country. Following an inexperienced, headstrong fur trapper into the daunting, wild, barely explored territory west of the Mississippi in the 1820s, it brought to mind one of my favorite books of all time, A.B. Guthrie's The Big Sky. Into the Savage Country is…
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