Boone's Lick : a novel / Larry McMurtry.
"The novel follows the Cecil family's arduous journey by riverboat and wagon from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay narrates, describing the journey that begins when his Ma, Mary Margaret, decides to hunt down her elusive husband, Dick, to tell him she's leaving him. Without knowing precisely where he is, they set out across the plains in search of him, encountering grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile Indians as they go. With them are Shay's siblings, G.T., Neva, and baby Marcy; Shay's uncle, Seth; his Granpa Crackenthorpe; and Mary Margaret's beautiful half-sister, Rose. During their journey they pick up a barefooted priest named Father Villy, and a Snake Indian named Charlie Seven Days, and persuade them to join in their travels." "At the heart of the novel, and the adventure, is Mary Margaret, whom we first meet shooting a sheriff's horse out from underneath him in order to feed her family."
Record details
- ISBN: 0684868865
- ISBN: 9780684868868
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2000]
- Copyright: ©2000
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- 75 of 75 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | Fic McMurtry Copy 20 B&T (Text) | 36015001101282 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MCMURTRY (Text) | 39493105054698 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F MCMURTRY (Text) | 30664100076519 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F MCM (Text) | 80605000836576 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | F MCMURTRY (Text) | 34510000176089 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | WFIC MCM (Text) | 31111002277667 | Adult Fiction Western | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344100904505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F MCM (Text) | 34208200738739 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | F MCM (Text) | 34208200754736 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bryan Memorial Library | F Mcm (Text) | 810391000094662 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
