Book description
When These Thousand Hills was published in 1956, The Saturday Review proclaimed it to be "so compelling that it is hard indeed to set aside until it has been devoured." Conjuring up the ephemeral world of cattle ranchers in the 1880s, this intimate saga delights in a Montana community's boisterous,…
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An old timer told me Guthrie, not Kelton, was the greatest Western writer. In some ways, his era dates back to his style. However, the prose puts me there on horseback in a way no other author can do. This coming-of-age story recreated early ranching life.
The novel presents the rarest combination in historical fiction. Historical accuracy is matched with storytelling prose that lifts us off the page and onto the canvas of a great Western landscape.
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