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    North To The Bitterroot: With a Winchester, a Wagon and a Bowie Knife, They Were the Men Who Opened the Wild Frontier...
    North To The Bitterroot: With a Winchester, a Wagon and a Bowie Knife, They Were the Men Who Opened the Wild Frontier...
    North To The Bitterroot: With a Winchester, a Wagon and a Bowie Knife, They Were the Men Who Opened the Wild Frontier...
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    North To The Bitterroot: With a Winchester, a Wagon and a Bowie Knife, They Were the Men Who Opened the Wild Frontier...

    By Ralph Compton

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    Between Kansas City and Montana Territory were a thousand ways to die-and a few bold men who would never turn back.

    Miners dug for fortunes. Soldiers died on open plains. And a few brave men drove the wooden freight wagons into the wild land. Now, master Western novelist Ralph Compton tells the real story of the touch-as-leather men who carried supplies, guns and gold into the untamed frontier.

    Dutch Siringo rose from modest beginnings and proved his skill with a team of horses and a gun. Betrayed by a woman, hunted by a desperate man, Dutch led a group of hard-fighting teamsters where no other shippers would go-through the heart of the Sioux territory, into the teeth of winder along the murderous Bozeman Trail. Now, between Fort Kearny and the mining camps in the Bitterroot Mountains, Dutch and his teamsters faced Montana blizzards, hungry wolves and the kind of enemies you have to bury to outrun.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 15, 1996
    ISBN9781429992268
    North To The Bitterroot: With a Winchester, a Wagon and a Bowie Knife, They Were the Men Who Opened the Wild Frontier...
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    Ralph Compton

    Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist before turning to writing westerns. He died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1998.

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    • 3/5
      This book started off really strong for me. A young girl is bought from her father (so young she forgets her name) and taken far from her home. She's raised by teachers, Mistresses, who give her some unique and fearsome skills. This was the best section of the book for me. The second section, which takes place during Green's adolescence seems to me to suffer from a certain lack of focus- there are lots of splendid ideas here, but perhaps too many splendid ideas for one poor little plot to carry. The last part of the book becomes chaotic and confusing and, well, messy. That being said, I liked the book- the writing was involving, the characters were multi-faceted and interesting- there was just too much going on.
    • 3/5
      whoever said to not judge a book by its cover could have been speaking of this one. within the gorgeous cover illustration lies a handful of potentially interesting ideas that never *quite* gel enough to really engage you.

      a girl is purchased by a procurer, whisked to a far off land, and raised over the years to be a witty, educated concubine of the local omnipotent undying ruler. some of her teachers have more subversive plans for her than mere cookery and jewels, so she's also cleverly taught to dodge knives and leap off of rooftops. her life twists and turns a good bit more than you'd think from the dustjacket blurb, which was pleasant, but she doesn't really move on from any of the places she started. the circular nature of the story is somehow unfulfilling - if you create this amazingly interesting person, she should go out and have adventures, not just clean up after other people's problems. no matter how grand those problems got - and they are grand, with a cast of demigods and furred forest people - she's still dealing with the messes of others rather than carving her own path.
    • 4/5
      A young girl is bought from her home to be raised as a potential consort to an immortal Duke. Unfortunately for her teachers, Green is a stubborn, argumentative and clever brat.Green blends fantasy, religion, theology and sexuality in a rather odd way. The world is set in a common manner - the cultured city of Copper Downs vs. the barbarians of Kalimpura - with the protagonist stuck between. Which is sort of the problem with the book - most of what happens is coated with Green's insistence that she's not part of either world and it hits the point where you just want to say "Grow Up". The exploration of religion and theology is well done, but the use of sexuality is out of place and seems abrupt in its inclusion. The fantasy part is almost negligible, primarily being Cat people and the bits involving the actual Gods.
    • 4/5
      Overall, I found this bloody fantasy of betrayal and murder quite engaging. Maybe even charming. That is far less macabre than it sounds. Even at its darkest, this story has a certain lightness, born of hope.A very young girl, purchased from her impoverished home, is taken to another country and rigorously – and abusively – groomed to become a courtesan for the mysterious Factor. When she becomes a woman, the point at which the Factor will take her, the strong-willed girl mars her own beauty, kills her main teacher/tormentor, and flees – straight into a conspiracy to bring down the nation’s ruler. Embroiled in intrigue, magic and murder, the young woman strives for the balance, serenity, love, adventure – and to return to her home. Issues of religion, identity, sexuality and ultimately, politics play major roles in this well-drawn world. The thing I found most refreshing about this book was that despite the subject matter, Mr. Lake never indulges in eroticization of his protagonist or her circumstances . Green’s beauty, strength and intelligence both handicap and redeem her. My major complaint was that the story was a bit long. The “training for the Factor” section did set up important relationships and skills, but other than those junctures, only tangentially added to the story. Pacing was uneven, with multiple story-ending climaxes that diminished the impact of the clever finale.I look forward to the sequels.
    • 2/5
      Man. This book sounded much better than it actually was. While the plotline featured such nicely grim conflicts as child slavery and political intrigue and cults of assassin/prostitutes, the writing was weak, rather flowery, and undercut the interesting conflicts at every turn. I did love the cover, though.I might recommended this to young-adult readers seeking books featuring GBLT characters, but it wasn't good enough for me to recommend as a fantasy novel on its own merits.
    • 2/5
      I read this book in an afternoon, put it aside, thought "meh" and completely forgot about it. I only remembered it existed when the library's overdue-book notice arrived. The premise is promising: a young girl sold by her father, transplanted to a foreign country, shaped to be a noble woman/courtesan and, secretly, a weapon. The story had several elements I usually love -- a strong-willed female main character, several interesting settings, (no bog-standard fantasyland here), clashes of cultures and expectations -- but nothing sparkled. I'm even tempted to describe the result as "bland". Green, the first-person narrator tells the story as an adult reflecting on her childhood. Unfortunately, Lake does not manage to pull the voice off: the distant Green waxes quite wondrously lyrical, but never comes truly alive. Meanwhile, the plot fizzles from one event to the next, ending in a *pop* rather than a bang. Chopped up, this book might contain several diverting short stories. Glued together as a novel, it did not work for me. (Though it has got a very pretty cover!) Overall, not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon, but not something to seek out.
    • 3/5
      I liked this book, but thought it started stronger than it ended. At the beginning of the book, you absolutely care about the main character, but I felt as though the middle of the book dragged, and although the action picked up towards the end of the book, I'm not sure that was enough to sustain my interest.
    • 4/5
      This is the vibrant, beautifully told story of a young girl sold into slavery and how she reacts to the oppression as she grows. It's got a touch of Jacqueline Carey's 'Kushiel' series to it (minus 90% of the sex) - besides the initial story with young Green being raised to be a noblelady, there's a certain sense of elegant sensuality paired with a strong and strong-minded female protagonist. Green is very well drawn - conflicted, confused in some ways, and despite years and distance, to some degree interminably bound to her past - a past that lingers in her mind, a ghost of what she'd lost. There's some good world building here - some interesting cultural details that really catch the imagination. I'm particularly fond of the bell-sewing custom Green's home country has. It feels real. Gods and goddesses in this universe are indeed very real - if not always what you expect or desire. This coupled with a underlying spiritual theme running through the book helped lead to an ending with a full-circle sort of tang to it that was very satisfying. Interesting protagonist, fun world building. A most enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      Jay Lake is a versatile author within the field of fantastic fiction. He has written Mainspring and Escapement, novels generally classified as steampunk; and Trial of Flowers and the forthcoming Trial of Madness, described as “decadent urban fantasy” on the cover of the former, but generally categorized as New Weird by those of us who believe in that subgenre; and the science fictional Rocket Science. In 2004, Lake won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and he has been nominated for Hugo and World Fantasy Awards on several occasions. Now he turns to fantasy with the engaging Green – the first of his books I’ve read, even though I have almost everything he has authored so far on my shelves.One of the most vivid images in Green – a book full of vivid images – is that of the ox, Endurance. This patient beast is a potent symbol of Green’s childhood, an exercise in endurance that seems impossible for a mere child. That huge ox, with its bell, is called to mind again and again by Green, and so, too, for the reader, even long after finishing the book.Green is nameless when the book begins. She is a mere child of three years, sold by her father to a man who barely speaks her language, and taken across the sea to a house that seems to be dedicated to her upbringing. She is tutored harshly during her childhood by a series of mistresses, learning all the arts of being a lady. The teaching is anything but ladylike, however, and Green is beaten regularly for the slightest mistake. She grows to excel at everything she is taught: cooking, horseback riding, music appreciation, sewing, and many other aspects of gracious living. She also grows to be extraordinarily beautiful, her dusky skin a rarity in the country that is now hers. She is an exotic bloom, ready to be plucked by the Duke for whom she has been grown when she reaches physical maturity. When Green completes the bulk of her training, she is examined exactly as if she were a prize cow and named “Emerald.” It becomes extremely clear now, if one did not quite understand it earlier, that she is a slave, if one who has been taught much. Once she begins to menstruate, her future will be sealed.What most of Green’s mistresses do not know is that Green has been tutored by her Dancing Mistress (a member of a species that seems to be much like intelligent, human-sized cats, whose presence on the planet is not fully explained) not only in the art of dance, but also in the art of self-defense. These mysterious lessons, which take place by night, often in the underground tunnels that constitute a world of their own beneath the city, encourage Green’s rebelliousness, making her aware that there may be possibilities that do not involve being a courtesan to the Duke until her beauty wanes.When the day arrives, Green takes action. Lake writes beautifully of this young girl’s act, chosen freely, that decides her future. The story builds deliciously to this point, and the climax completely fulfills the promise of Green’s character.Perhaps it is because this first portion of the book has been written so very well that everything that happens thereafter seems anticlimactic. Although Green’s story has just begun – her rebellious act occurs only one-third of the way through the book – it feels to the reader as if the story is over, even though Green is only 12 or 13 years old.The story is not over, though, and if Lake does not ever really regain the tension he built up in the first part of the book, he continues to tell a wonderful story. Green returns to the land of her birth, discovering hurtful truths and trying to find a way for herself. She lands in the cult of the Lily Goddess, a group of women who maintain the law in their city in the most brutal fashion. Here Green learns not just defense, but offense as well, in essence completing her training for a task she never knew would fall to her – a task involving the making and killing of gods in the land to which she was stolen.I greatly enjoyed reading the last two-thirds of the book. Lake writes in Green’s voice to great effect, exploring her confidence and her self-doubt, her determination and her self-pity. The story told in this segment, if seemingly different from the story of Green’s upbringing, is exciting. For me, though, it simply did not work as well as the first segment. I became so invested in seeing Green gain her freedom that once she did, nothing else seemed quite as interesting. It’s an interesting writing problem: how does one achieve such a goal and still make what comes after seem of utmost importance to the reader? Lake does not seem to have figured that out. Again, the rest of the book is enjoyable, but it seems so very different from what went before that it must be noted as a major flaw.Green is apparently the first book in a trilogy, or so I gather from reading Locus. I would not have known had I not read that Lake had signed a deal to write two more books set in this universe, as this novel is self-contained (even if it does create a world that the reader would definitely enjoy exploring further). Green is still very young, and has much to do, it seems. Despite the structural flaw in this first book, I look forward to reading more about Green. Perhaps as Lake starts afresh, he will make Green as compelling in her adulthood as she was as a stubborn but enduring child.
    • 5/5
      I REALLY enjoyed the first half of this book--Girl's education in a foreign land by the mistresses, which is slowly revealed to her to be training for her eventual status as a well-bred concubine (if she's lucky) was fascinating. Her strength and fortitude against such overwhelming indoctrination was very believable, and truly enamored me to her character. Although I found the second half of the novel interesting as well, the story of Green/Neckbreaker was not as fascinating for me. However, Lake's characterizations and vision kept the novel fresh, and I would definitely consider this a re-read for me.

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