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Title: Zeke & Ned by Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Barrett Whitener ISBN: 0-671-57641-0 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: January, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 12 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great novel regarding the post-civil war Cherokee Nation.
Comment: This book tells a compelling and interesting story about life in the post-civil war Cherokee Nation. Most of the historical context of the book is quite accurate. The characters are excellent: Zeke the hillbilly-ish patriarch and Ned the tribal senator turned warrior. Zeke and Ned is a great book for those who are not offended by the brutality of life in the 19th century Oklahoma Ozark mountains
Rating: 5
Summary: Zeke and Ned
Comment: To be honest with you if I went to the bookstore myself I would have never picked up this book, it was given to me as a gift and just goes to show you, you can't judge a book by its cover! I would highly reccomend Zeke and Ned, McMurty and Ossana kept me turning pages. While reading I couldnt help but think what it would have been like to live at the time of Zeke and Ned times so simple yet so difficult. There daily adventures really go to show you (or at least me) how boring life really is today. Every morining they had a new problem or dilema. Even though all of their problems were self-inflicted for the most part. There were times I felt bad for Zeke and others that I thought he got what was coming to him, it was hard to decide whether to root for or against him, as for Ned he simply got in with the wrong crowd (Zeke) and then began his problems. Highly Reccomended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautifully Crafted Web of History and Fiction
Comment: I hate reading because nothing really interests me, but this book was about 500 pages and I read it in 6 days. When you first see the book and read a description, you think it's going to be a normal, boring historical fiction novel about Indians. I started the book with that assumption, but my mindset was changed immediately after I finished the first page. The book incorporates a few historical facts (i.e. the Trail of Tears) and an interesting set of characters (Traditional Cherokee Indians, Christian Cherokee Indians, Brutal and friendly whites Americans, bootleggers, Cherokee politicians and many more). It has many different conflicts, including conflicts between whites and Indians NOT ON THE BATTLE FIELD (as normally portrayed), but in legal issues and moral differences. There are also comparisons between different types of marraiges and family orientations between Indian families. Although the book isn't totally historically accurate, it doesn't matter because it is Larry McMurtry's own developed characters put into the bodies and lives of a handful of Cherokee Indians and their white rivals.
The plot never stops. Every page is full of interesting details about the lives of these 1850's characters, and there are so many conflicts going on that you're kept interested through the whole book. There are just enough conflicts that you don't focus on one too much and get bored with it, and that there aren't too many that you get confused. Just the right pinch of clashes to keep you involved and wondering what happens next. Each different sub-plot has to do witha different aspect of western life, whether it be marraige, legal issues, bootlegging, family development, sicknesses and diseases, safety, and government. At least one sub-plot will make you want to read through the whole book! I can't stop expressing how amazing this book was and how great of a writer Larry McMurtry is. I recommend strongly that you go out and read this book because it will keep you interested and you will enjoy it!
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Title: Sin Killer : The Berrybender Narrative, Book 1 by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743451414 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Boone's Lick : A Novel by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0671040588 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Wandering Hill : The Berrybender Narratives, Book 2 by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743451422 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: By Sorrow's River : The Berrybender Narratives, Book 3 by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743233042 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0671753800 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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