I did love how Tell and three friends risked everything to rescue some children. I love protective characters, and that is no doubt why I love Tell Sackett. Also, Dorset was another of L'Amour's wonderful female characters filled with grit and grace. She was the direct opposite of Laura, which was refreshing.
Particularly Good Bits:
With none to share our sorrows or regrets, we kept them to ourselves, and our faces were impassive. Men with no one to share their feelings learn to conceal those feelings. We often spoke lightly of things which we took very seriously indeed (p. 17).
I figure I was shaped to be a wallflower, but I don't mind. I sort of like to set back and listen to folks, to drink coffee, and contemplate (p. 20). (ME TOO, Tell!)
The desert is the enemy of the careless (p. 40).
"It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy" (p. 94).
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG-16 for a lot of violence, including torture, and kids in peril. The violence is not gory, but it isn't too glossed-over, either. There is a smattering of bad language.
This is my 10th book read from my TBR shelves for the 2024 Mount TBR Reading Challenge.
Just finished listening to this book, I think it is one of the better Sackett books, Love Tell and his boys, Dorset and the kids and I also liked how L'amour wrote the Apaches with a fairly sympathetic and sometimes cynical eye.
ReplyDeleteI also liked Laura as a villain, her was spitefulness was entertaining and she got her just dessert.