The time of the mountain man is coming to an end...but some--like Titus Bass will not exit gently. A brilliantly exciting and thoroughly researched novel of the end of the dream that was the unmapped and virgin wilderness in the American West starring the king of the mountain men, Titus Bass.
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From Publishers Weekly
Roughcut, venerable mountainman Titus Bass is back in Johnston's seventh installment (Crack in the Sky) in the bloody adventures of the free-spirited Rocky Mountain fur trapper. Here Johnston fills seven years (1834-1840) with exploring, beaver trapping, Indian fighting, whiskey drinking, man-killing and other mountain mayhem. At 40, Bass is getting a little old for this line of work. Half-bald from a scalping, half-blind and scarred from bullets, arrows, tomahawks and knives, Bass embodies the decline of the once-booming fur trade. With his beautiful Crow Indian wife, Waits-by-the-Water, and two small children, Bass rides across New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming in search of the ever elusive beaver, refusing to believe that his way of life is disappearing. Between the annual revelry of the trappers' rendezvous, Bass faces horse thieves, feuding Frenchmen and swarms of Indian enemies, as well as the bitter enmity of his Crow brother-in-law, Strikes-in-Camp, and the scourge of smallpox. As usual, Johnston carefully weaves together history and legend: here the backdrop is the business rivalry of the two remaining fur companies and the ribald and violent antics of frontier heroes like Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Ol' Bill Williams.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Titus Bass and his beautiful Crow wife, Waits-by-the-Water, learn that her beloved uncle has recently been killed by a Blackfoot war party, and Titus joins the group to exact revenge. Upon his return, he finds his little family has been taken prisoner by another war party. Revenge be damned, Titus sets out to reclaim the only true happiness he has ever known. He must not only contend with warring Indian tribes but also with duplicitous white traders, the elements, and one enemy even Titus can't defeat: smallpox. The continuing saga of Titus Bass provides readers with a genuine sense of frontier life and the hardships of the very earliest settlers in the context of an epic adventure. Bass is a near-mythic Davy Crockett^-like character, but author Johnston imbues him with Everyman emotions, which makes his despair over the loss of his loved ones genuine. This is a popular series, and readers of past Bass adventures will not be disappointed. Wes Lukowsky
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't get much better,
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This review is from: Ride the Moon Down: The Plainsmen (Mass Market Paperback)
I won't take up a whole lot of space except to say that Terry Johnston is just a treasure. He is always historically authentic, as good as the best of Elmer Kelton or Kirby Jonas, and in my opinion better than Louis L'Amour, with his bullet proof characters. You can believe the things Titus Bass did. There were, after all, some very tough people alive back then. But he wasn't superman, and he wasn't perfect. Anything by Johnston is a good bet! This is no exception.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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True Johnston - Absoutely Fantastic,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ride The Moon Down: The Plainsmen (Hardcover)
As rendevous re-enactors, we have found Johnston's works to be just truly amazing in their accuracy. We have purchased every book he has put out and we still keep looking for the next one! Had to have them shipped special while living overseas. A true master of the word and history of the West. Good on ya Terry - keep on writing! The Armstrong Clan
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
so damn good, bought the whole collection,
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This review is from: Ride The Moon Down: The Plainsmen (Hardcover)
when I first read one of his books, I couldn't put down and finally met the author himself and bought the whole collection give or take a book. I'm sitting down and reading everyone, it's good for history lessons on what not to do now. I recommend his books for the lure of the mountains that terry johnston brings out, so fresh that you'd think you was living it. thanks terry for the goot, really goot readin'....jake bell, wind river indian reservation, wyoming 99'
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