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Review Date: 3/21/2013
I am a senior citizen and have been an avid reader all my life. This is one of my top 10 all time favorites. The message is as currant today as it was in 1970 when Glendon Swarthout wrote it.
Review Date: 3/21/2013
Helpful Score: 2
I am a fan of Sandra Dallas books, but this one for came up really short. I found it tedious and not very interesting. Written so different than her other books. Hard to believe Sandra Dallas wrote it. S.L.
Review Date: 7/2/2019
After thoroughly enjoying KM other novels , The Clockmaker's Daughter is a huge disappointment.
It is a mess of characters that are difficult to keep straight as the book jumps erratically around in a 150 year time period. 200 pages of almost 500 pages is enough for me. What a waste of time. SL
It is a mess of characters that are difficult to keep straight as the book jumps erratically around in a 150 year time period. 200 pages of almost 500 pages is enough for me. What a waste of time. SL
Review Date: 8/4/2011
Helpful Score: 2
I read this book years ago and recently read it over. I enjoyed it as much the second time, especially after visiting the Mary Ingles memorial site in Virginia. If you enjoy American western history this is a really good book about a very amazing woman.
Review Date: 8/24/2011
Helpful Score: 5
I have read this book 3 x's over 35 years. It is one of the best books I've read regarding how it really was for women as settlers on the prairies. It is a very different take on the tragedies of their lives and the characters and their struggles are very real. It is easy to understand why so many women didn't survive mentally.
Review Date: 8/4/2011
Helpful Score: 1
This is a strange book with really weird people. Hard to believe it is a true story. I believe it has a lot of "fill." Liked the historical part regarding Savannah. I would not recommend it. Too many good books waiting to be read rather than wasting time on this one.
Review Date: 2/23/2014
Helpful Score: 1
I usually put a book down if after 50-75 pages it hasn't been a good read. Being a Best Seller I thought it would get better but it became worse as the book went on right to the end. Dry, boring and nearly plotless. A waste of good reading time.
Review Date: 3/25/2013
After 100 pages I found this bbok too disturbing to read. I flipped to the last 60 pages, read those and called it done. I keep thinking of all the opportunities missed in locating and identifying Jaycee. Shame on ...
Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 10/29/2009
Helpful Score: 2
This is an excellant account of a young woman's life as a new bride living at the Tomboy Mine in the mountain out of Telluride, CO. It is especially fascinating and interesting if you have ever visited that area or done mountain 4WD travel in the Colorado high country. My husband and I just returned from that area where we took two teenage boys on a jeep tour. Climbing to 12,000 feet was quite and adventure for all of us. The mining ruins, cabins and shacks are still prevelent all along the trail in the vacinity of where Harriet Backus lived. I strongly recommend both the book and a visit to the area. Once you read the book you will want to see for yourself where Harriet and her husband lived and be amazed that anyone could endure that primitive life in such very harsh conditions. Enjoy! Sandy Langner
Review Date: 10/17/2015
A disappointment after The Thorn Birds and Morgan's Run. The last third was interesting and moved along, but the first 2/3 was long and slow which spoiled the story for me.
Review Date: 11/8/2014
Good read especially for Janice Holt Giles fans.
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