Carol Buchanan (2) (1940–)
Autor/a de Gold Under Ice
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Sèrie
Obres de Carol Buchanan
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1940
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- Montana, USA
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 6
- Membres
- 76
- Popularitat
- #233,522
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
That growing sense of horror is particularly well done, as men like Daniel Stark, a well-born young lawyer come to the mines to get enough gold to get his disgraced family out of debt, begin to realize that many of the robberies and murders that have occurred in and around Virginia City have been committed by an organized gang. The horror is compounded when Dan and his friends and colleagues pursuing justice realize that those perpetrating such depredations are well-liked, even trusted members of the community … and that his life, the life of the woman he is coming to love, and those of his colleagues are endangered by even attempting to take a stand against lawlessness and pillage. It is a gripping and detailed read, the story of well-meaning men who respect the law, having to take their courage and their future in their own hands, at a time and in a place where there was no law, no means at all to protect life and property, other than what men and women of honor could do for themselves. The characters are efficiently drawn, but the sense of place is even more convincing. There is no way to mistake God’s Thunderbolt for a B-western movie adventure – this vivid and carefully researched account made for someone who really wants to know what the Old West really looked like.… (més)