Sand [Hardcover]

Will James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

This is a story of a man and a horse. both have "sand"-the gumption it takes to tackle the challenges of life head on. The setting is the Great Plains. The characters are cowboys and horses. The heart of this story is the hero's long duel with the horse, and how "the little grain of sand within him" starts to grow.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

This is a story of cow camps, wild horses, the open range, cowboys and their entanglements with a beautiful, sought-after woman. Will James wrote and illustrated 24 books that have recently been reissued. Connor O'Brien narrates without the dialect that yearns to be heard. In a flat Western lingo he tells a vivid story of the men managing cattle, seeking romance and wrestling with horses. The emotion of these lives and times endures beyond this prosaic narration. B.J.L. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 364 pages
• Publisher: Mountain Pr (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878423524
• ISBN-13: 978-0878423521
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,511,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An uplifting tale of one man's redemption., November 23, 1999

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Margaret Fiore - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sand (Hardcover)

There's a big distance between an alcoholic dandy from the city, with too much money and too little ambition, and a cowboy that's a good hand on a ranch. But that is the journey that Bert Tilden, nicknamed the Corpse by his decadent city friends, decides to attempt.

Accidentally lost on the prairie, Tilden stumbles into a cowboy camp. The skills and values that he finds there awaken him to a whole new world. Tales of a beautiful and uncatchable wild black stallion raise the determination in his mind and heart to be the one to capture the legendary horse.

This is the story of one man's internal odyssey, and of his quest for a horse - and love. But the journey turns out to be far more important than the goal.

Of course, the story is told in Will James' inimitable Western prairie jargon, giving it the ring of the wide open spaces. You can almost smell the sagebrush. Wonderful.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another one of Will James' amazing "horse whisperer" story., June 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sand (Tumbleweed) (Paperback)

Sand is the story of a greenhorn cowboy and a black stallion. The greenhorn devotes his life to capturing the stallion by building wild horse traps, while winning a young lady's heart. Another one of Will James' amazing stories full of sketches that will "jump straight out at you"

4.0 out of 5 stars Loved This Story, December 12, 2011

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Ohioan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sand (Tumbleweed) (Paperback)

I loved this story when I was in my early teens: I must have read the book four or five times. This is the story of a greenhorn from the East who, against all odds, becomes a working cowboy. Not only that, he decides that he, and he alone, will capture the wild black stallion that others have failed to make their own. James depicts the Western setting with details that bring the world to life. He knows cowboys and he knows horses, and that shows. This is a great book to read if you want to experience that world.