In Treasure Mountain, Orrin Sackett goes to New Orleans looking for any possible clues as to where his dad went twenty years earlier when he left New Orleans and was never seen again. It's a very cold trail to follow, but these are Sacketts, people. They're part bloodhound. And they're all smart and savvy and wise to the ways of the wicked.
Except Orrin is always falling afoul of witches women. And he goes missing. So then Tell shows up in New Orleans looking for Orrin. And, because Tell really just never fails to find what he's seeking, he and Orrin then head off on the cold trail of their dad, who, it turns out, left N.O. looking for a million dollars in gold someone had buried in the Southwest. But there are bad guys, and bad women, and dubious food, and extreme landscapes, all standing in the way of the Sacketts and their quest to find any remains of their dad, who was on a quest to find gold. Which, of course, makes for a great yarn. I enjoyed it.
Today just happens to be actor Sam Elliott's 80th birthday. Sam Elliott played Tell Sackett in the 1979 TV miniseries The Sacketts, which my husband and I happen to be planning to finish watching this weekend. So this seemed like the perfect time to finally post this review. Happy birthday, Sam Elliott!!!
Particularly Good Bits:
"Once a man has lived with mountains you can't offer him a home with a prairie dog" (p. 34).
"Mountains are hard upon evil," I said. "They don't hold with it" (p. 175).
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG for a smattering of cuss words and some violence.
This has been my 18th book read from my TBR shelves for the 2024 Mount TBR Reading Challenge.
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