"Jubal Sackett" by Louis L'Amour

Well, this is by far my favorite Sackett book so far!!!  The entire thing was about surviving in the wilderness, living off the land, and defending yourself with a few weapons and your wits.  

Jubal Sackett, wandering son of Barnabas Sackett, explores the land between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains.  He's tasked with finding a Natchez princess named Itchakomi and telling her that her people need her to return home, and he races to find her before the Natchez warrior who intends to force Itchakomi to marry him.  Jubal and Itchakomi get married instead, and then have to fend off the other warrior and his pals, plus Spanish soldiers, raiders from other tribes, predators, and the weather.

Particularly Good Bits:

To talk too much is always a fault.  Information is power (p. 19).

That was how I would remember my father.  There was never a place he walked that was not the better for his having passed (p. 242).

If strength could not win, one must use wit, if one has any (p. 243).

If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It:  PG for violence, danger, a handful of old-fashioned cuss words, and man bent on buying a woman so he can traffick her.

This has been my 23rd book read from my TBR shelves for #TheUnreadShelfProject2023.