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Book Reviews of The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston)

The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston)
The Morning River A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 - Man From Boston
Author: W. Michael Gear
ISBN-13: 9780812551532
ISBN-10: 0812551532
Publication Date: 3/11/2007
Pages: 512
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Forge Books
Book Type: Paperback
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nccorthu avatar reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 569 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A ell researched book of the mountain man times.
tracymar avatar reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 408 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
"A wonderful book. Well-researched fur trade setting, cultures in interaction and conflict. The characters are believable and complex individuals...a great love story ... a special understanding of American Indian mysticism." Don Coldsmith
reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 2 more book reviews
During the winter of 1825, Richard Hamilton---a timid Harvard philosphy student--arrives in St. Louis on business for his father. Robbed and beaten, desperate to save his life, he reluctantly joins the crew of the MARIA, a fur trader's keelboat. Bound for the beautiful, wild, and dangerous Indian country of the Upper Yellowstone River, the native Bostonian begins the education and adventure of a Lifetime.
reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 38 more book reviews
A well researched novel taking place in 1825's. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it to any one who has an interest in the mountain man era.
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Amazing reverse trip up the river system instead of down. I sort of follow the natural history and anthropology bits and give these sorts of plots a miss. I wasn't sorry i read it though, all in all not a bad read.
reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 593 more book reviews
This was a great read.
cstreez avatar reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 10 more book reviews
My friend was reading this and I found the subject interesting enough to try it. Although the main character was not at first my favorite, he grew on me and I became invested in seeing it through.

The history relayed here seems more accurate than some historical novels I've read of the same period.

Overall, I liked it enough to go on and read the sequel.
Char avatar reviewed The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston) on + 135 more book reviews
During the winter of 1825, Richard Hamilton,a timid Harvard student, arrives in St. Louis on business for his father. Robbed and beaten, he joins the crew of the Maria, a keelboat. Bound for the dangerous Indian country of the Yellowstoe River, Richard begins the adventure of a lifetime.