Anglický jazyk

Flukes of Fate

Vydavateľstvo: LUTHER ROBISON
Rok vydania: 2022
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9798985404425

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22.97 €

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O knihe

The American West in the 1800s is a wild place full of danger and risk. Flukes of Fate follows the travels of Jedediah Smith as he encounters trials and tribulations beyond modern-day imagination. Renegade Indians plundered the Smith family homestead in Illinois in 1817, when he was just a young lad. His father sent Jed and his little sister, Nellie, into the woods to hide from the adversaries. Uprooted from their home in Illinois, Jed's mother takes him Nellie to Philadelphia to live. At age eighteen, Jed rebels against his mother's wishes and sets out to discover what fate has in store for him. He wanders back to Illinois, trudges south to Mississippi, and drifts into Texas. He becomes embattled in cattle conflicts, and he struggles for his very survival. By a fluke, he is lured into the ranks of the Texas Rangers and thrown into life-and-death skirmishes with Indians and outlaws. Later, as dictated by fate, he lives the life of a reclusive miner in California. Jed ponders leaving his gold claim in 1859 and traveling east to Pennsylvania to meet his sister and mother, whom he has not seen for thirty years. His journey takes him through Southern California, Arizona, and Texas. He encounters horse thieves and stagecoach robbers on his trek. A past romantic involvement becomes rekindled in Texas, where he confronts hoodlums and land swindlers. In December 1859, he returned to Philadelphia with emotional uncertainties looming yet eager for the much-anticipated reunion.