Steven Frye

It’s an odd one out, this book. It met my expectations to a T and at the same time, it didn’t. I’m still puzzled and wondering about the hows and whys, which is not bad thing – I mean, writing a story that stays with the reader is maybe one of the greatest accomplishments for an author.

So, Steven: well done! And you picked a nice cover, too.

As usual, let’s dig in and talk about DC a little bit more.

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Dogwood Crossing by Steven Frye

Dogwood Crossing is a historical fiction adventure novel. An adventure much more extreme than most people's ideas of an adventure, these days.

Sam Rolens and his family, including his wife, his brother, and his children journey by wagon and horseback from their dirt poor tenant farm in North Carolina to the wilds west of the Mississippi River, near what is most likely present-day Louisiana. They meet up with Sam's Uncle Burl along the way and Burl helps to show more support the family with security and dealing with outsiders that they meet along the way.

The trails are not safe in 1798, between the wild animals and the men with criminal intent, a family has to look out for one another and keep each other safe.

It is a hard journey, they are all greatly relieved to get to their destination and begin to settle in and learn the lay of the land and also being able to purchase their own land.

This book is pretty good, I read a lot of books about the early history of the United States.

I received a complimentary copy from #netgalley @netgalley of #dogwoodcrossing and was under no obligation to post a review. show less

Excellent collection of essays on a variety of McCarthy topics.