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The Which Way Tree

The Which Way Tree

by ElizabethCrook (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $17.00
Synopsis

`It was a few months later on, when Samantha was twelve years old, and I was fourteen, and winter come on, and the wind was blowing a gale, and dark was a thing we dreaded, that the panther called on us again.'

In the remote hill country of Texas, Samantha Shreve, the young daughter of a former slave, and her half-brother are terrorised by a ferocious panther. Orphaned, without protection or money, the pair must fight to survive against the odds.

But this twelve year old girl has more than survival in mind: she wants revenge on the beast that killed her mother. Headstrong and relentless, she vows to stalk and kill the panther.

Setting out on a quest across an untamed and lawless land, the Shreves enlist the help of a charismatic Tejano outlaw, a haunted preacher, and an ancient tracking dog. But as this unlikely posse closes in on the panther, they find themselves pursued in turn by a sadistic Confederate soldier who has a score to settle with Samantha.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Scribe UK
Published: 12 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1911617168
ISBN 13: 9781911617167

Media Reviews

`Utterly convincing, consistent and believable ... The Which Way Tree is a commendable and very readable addition to the tale-spinning tradition and its beautiful use of language.'

* The New York Times *

`In The Which Way Tree, Elizabeth Crook has conjured a powerful, sly, and often charming tale delivered in the winning voice of Benjamin. This novel is a fast-paced story resonating with rich characters and mythic elements that come to us as folklore that mustn't be doubted.'

-- Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone and The Maid's Version
``Preacher Dob said, Vengeance belongs to the Lord, Samantha. She said, Only if he can beat me to it.' This told me everything I needed to know about Samantha Shreve, a character who knocked my socks off from her first appearance on the page. This book is the stuff of legends, tales told for a hundred years around Texas campfires. Written in a form that is historically accurate and yet feels painstakingly intimate, The Which Way Tree is unlike anything I've read before.' -- Attica Locke, author of Bluebird, Bluebird
`When I began to read this book its unique voice appealed to me immediately. Elizabeth Crook has written a beautiful novel with wonderful characters.' -- Robert Duvall
`A small-scale masterwork, richly detailed and beautifully rendered.' -- S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon
`The Which Way Tree is one part Track of the Cat, one part True Grit, and one part Tom Sawyer, a ruthless pedigree for a novel that displays human nature in its most beautiful form - a marvel.' -- Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Western Star
`Elizabeth Crook has created a book of marvels. Its comedy is steeped in the hardscrabble tragedies of a wilder old America. You will even catch an echo of Twain's wit in the picaresque narration.' -- Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the US national bestseller The Hummingbird's Daughter
`Not since True Grit have I read a novel as charming, exciting, suspenseful, and pitch-perfect as The Which Way Tree. Elizabeth Crook's new book is winning from first page to last.' -- Ron Hansen, author of The Kid and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

`This is a story of unremitting deprivation allayed by unexpected kindness, with a dangerous chase motivated by love and suffused with humanity.'

* Booklist *

'Readers new to the Western genre will be hooked if they start with this compelling novel.'

* Library Journal *
'Poignant and plainspoken ... Crook crafts Benjamin's narration beautifully, finding a winning balance between naivete and wisdom, thoughtfulness and grit. * Publisher's Weekly *

`The Which Way Tree is a commendable and very readable addition to the tale-spinning tradition and its beautiful use of language.'

-- Paulette Jiles * The Scotsman *
Author Bio
Elizabeth Crook has published four novels, including The Night Journal, which received the Spur award from Western Writers of America, and Monday, Monday, winner of the Jesse H. Jones award from the Texas Institute of Letters, and named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014. She lives in Austin, Texas with her family.