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InBuffalo Palace, the young Titus Bass sights, and then sets out into, the vast Rocky Mountain country, where he has his initial experiences with trapping beaver, surviving the freezing winter, fighting fierce Indians and even fiercer fellow mountain men, and celebrating at the hard-earned summer rendezvous. Most memorably, we walk with Titus as he first sees the immense herd which originally fueled his wanderlust, and now feeds, clothes and houses the frontier's pioneers, when he reaches the country lovingly called the "Buffalo Palace." From the Paperback edition.
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Frontier adventurer Titus Bass is back for a fifth wrangle in Johnston's ongoing saga. In 1825 St. Louis, Titus snaps out of the drunken lethargy he fell into in Dance on the Wind (1995) and finally heads west toward the mountains, plains and buffalo he has always dreamed of. Traveling alone, Titus revels in the quiet solitude and freedom of the open prairie and wide skies, but he is always wary of unknown dangers. Afoot after losing his horses, he is rescued by a trio of rough and tumble beaver trappers who take him in and teach him how to survive in the wild. Titus and his trapper pals wander over the plains and mountains, trapping beaver and hunting game, trying to keep their scalps from being lifted by ferocious Blackfeet and Arapaho. Meeting other trappers and traders at an annual rendezvous, the unwashed mountain men trade their beaver pelts for a bath, whiskey, squaws and supplies, and their solitary lives for a few days of drunken companionship. Through clouds of flint-tipped arrows and black-powder gunsmoke, Titus thrives until treachery spoils his idyll. Rich in historical lore and dramatic description, this is a first-rate addition to a solid series, a rousing tale of one man's search for independence in the unspoiled beauty of the old West. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Titus Bass is 31 years old in 1825 and about to embark on the greatest adventure of his life. After years of trapping the upper Missouri, Titus is alone. His partner has passed away but not before passing along his knowledge of survival in the untamed land west of the Mississippi. Headed for the Great Plains, Titus hooks up with a small band of like-minded adventurers and makes his way northwest from St. Louis. It's an arduous journey, but Titus is determined to reach what is known as the Buffalo Palace. Taking place over an extended period of time in which the protagonist undergoes many changes, Johnston's latest effort again achieves the epic scope familiar from several earlier Bass novels, including Carry the Wind (1982) and Dance on the Wind (1995), which chronicled the character's early life. Readers will look forward to the further adventures of Titus Bass hinted at in the tale's exciting conclusion. --Wes Lukowsky
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The latest from the author of the classic Western Carry the Wind (1982) returns Titus "Scratch" Bass to the page. Here, Scratch lets us in on his early life as a trapper. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.