Ride the River

A book for the whole family!

If someone thinks LL wrote only westerns for men(a misconception I have spent my whole life trying to alter)then hand this one to a woman or a girl and they will not want to put it down! My grandfather,grandmother,father,mother,stepdad,stepmom,brothers sister,aunts,uncles,cousins,friends, and foe alike have always found Louis Lamour a unifying source. Echo Sackett a young girl of 16 shows brains and heart in situations that most think only a man could handle. Louis's women are always right in the best light and are never treated as sex objects but as co-equals in what was a very hard life. Start your children reading Louis and you will never have to question yourself later in life if you pointed them into great literature!

Louis L'Amour continues the Sackett adventures. No one does it better.

A wonderful mixture of fiction and history plus a great story line.

Loved it! Awesome

True western writing at its best! No skipping sappy lines or corny storylines that fell flat. True clasic with memorable characters!

The Rivers End...

Well this is the second book I have read by this author, and if the books were not free gifts I never would have read the first and definitely not the second. However, the author did improve in this second installation in both character development and story line. Ride the river is about a young girl traveling alone across a few states back in the day (late 1800's early 1900's) and complications which can arise in such situations. It deals heavily with commitments people make, how every association a person has can affect them and loyalty amongst friends and family. It was great to see a heroine instead of a pining lady like in the last book. Yet he almost takes "Echo's" independence and abilities to resolve situations a little too far. Overall I enjoyed the book; it had some good twists and turns with adequate details for all which were going on. Biggest issue with the book, the ending happens in two pages, seriously. There is a long chase, hunt and traveling to get through the book, only to have it wrapped up snuggly in two pages.cliff hanger doesn't cover it, lack of planning is more likely. C

blunder

purchased as a christmas gift,barnes & noble sent to wrong address and has never refunded money....very dissatisfied

Ride The River by Louis L'Amour

I really liked this book. This is the first western I read. I met someone in Barnes and Noble who recommended it. She said it was a good first time western to read, and she was right. I never thought that I would enjoy a western, but the Sacketts are very interesting people. What I really liked was the historical facts. 1840-1850 before the civil war. He makes you really like the characters. Echo Sackett a sixteen year old who leaves her home to travel far away to claim her family fortune. The people she meets along the way.. What challenges she has to face. I loved the book, I would read another Louis L'Amour book.

Service

Great service and fast. Book takes a turn in the main character is a woman not a man which is not seldom found in Louis L'Amour's books.

BUY IT

THIS IS A GREAT STORY.I WONT SPOIL THE EXCITMENT SO JUST BUY IT.ANYONE WHO LIKES WESTERNS WILL LOVE THIS.OR IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH GENRE'S LOUIS L'AMOUR IS THE WAY TO GO.

Woman Power!

Louis L'Amour did a great job writing this book. The reason why I enjoyed it so much was because there are not many books out there who talk about rugged women who can out do the men. Echo Sackett is awesome!!

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