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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Oregonian Saga - Well Done,
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This review is from: Honey in the Horn (Paperback)
A well-told tale of settling of Oregon in the first decade of the 20th Century. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel captures the spirit of the times as those hardy pioneers struggle to settle a difficult land. Mr. Davis' wry humor makes this a reader's delight. Having lived in the general area as a youth I found many of the incidents sounding like the seemingly endless tales that my father and his collegues would spend hours swapping.
22 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
an absorbing account of a little known period in Oregon,
By A Customer
This review is from: Honey in the Horn (Paperback)
This book was impossible to put down. It is an absorbing novel set in (apparently) early 1900s Oregon. It is well researched as to the history and conditions prevailing in a country always hard to live in. And it is a rollicking good story.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A random, blurry, dream sequence that never ends!,
By K Watson (OR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Honey in the horn (Cardinal edition) (Paperback)
I have enjoyed extremely some other works by H. L. Davis, most notably the novel Winds of Morning and the beautifully executed short story, "The Homestead Orchard." It was with pleasurable anticipation that I obtained Davis's prizewinning magnum opus.
But this monstrosity totally surprised me. The rendering of Oregon's history and geography is too far removed from the truth for a novel that is supposed to be a fanciful tapestry of Oregon's history and geography--it's so fanciful as to merely annoy. The characters are not well-developed and are cartoonish. I can stand fantasy sequences (loved Dickens's Little Dorrit), but this endless ramble exhausted my patience. I kept waiting to reach the good part. I should have given up after the first 100 pages. H. L. Davis is a little-known and under-appreciated author whose works are not of even quality. Following is my list of his works that I've read, in order of my esteem from highest to lowest. 1. The Homestead Orchard--Humorous, sad, joyous, beautifully crafted short story about a father and son. 2. Old Man Isbell's Wife--Humorous short story 3. Harp of a Thousand Strings--sweeping novel of the French Revolution related to the American experience 4. Open Winter--sweet & realistic sheep-herding short story 5. Winds Of Morning--novel 6. The Distant Music 7. Beulah Land 8. All of Davis's essays--not profound but they reveal Davis's thinking 9. The Kettle of Fire--a fictional legend that doesn't really work 10. Honey in the Horn--spare yourself! Overlong, random, Pulitzer-prize winning, historically inaccurate, pointless To access the short stories, get a copy of his Collected Essays and Short Stories, published by the University of Idaho Press.
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