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Leaping Man Hill

With Leaping Man Hill Carol Emshwiller continues to breathe life into the American Western, turning the genre on its head, filling it with surprises, and giving it unparalleled authenticity, power, and poignancy.Set in California's remote Owens Valley, the novel continues the re-creation of life on a hardscrabble ranch in the early years of the century begun in the author's Ledoyt. It tells the story of Abel, a mute boy, and Mary Catherine, a young woman from an abusive background who is hired too teach him. Around these characters are others — Abel's mournful mother, Oriana; his withdrawn brother, Fayette; his take-charge sister, Charlotte; and his one-armed cousin, Henry, with whom Mary Catherine falls in love — all of whom come miraculously to life in Emshwiller's inspired telling of a story as rich as the Western landscape in which it is set.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 224
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781562791117
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1998