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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. If I call this quaint or charming, it would sound demeaning. Yet the genteel language used in the letter writing encourages such a response in admiration. I think I just like to read about women during stricter historical times who act outside of the traditional female roles. Eleanor Peterson, admittedly, would much prefer to be happily married and taken care of, but she learns to support herself and try new experiences as a scientific illustrator for an archaeological dig. Intermixed with the story of natural history exploration is a story of the Native American condition in the West. I must admit, I find it fantastic that urban elite would so casually tour the contested lands. There were quite a few visitors showing up at the dig, during the same time frame as General Custer's battles with the Sioux. ( ) A woman in 1919 recalls an archeological expedition to Montana in 1876, just after Custer's defeat. The conceit is that she's writing comments on paintings that have survived by an older friend who accompanied her on the trip. But it's actually a very conventional narrative that never really captured my interest in spite of a subject matter that should have. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Diane Smith's acclaimed novels feature strong heroines, memorable characters, surprising revelations from the natural sciences, and an original perspective on the American West. Set in 1876, right after the Battle of Little Big Horn, her new novel tells of Eleanor Peterson, a scientific illustrator in her late thirties, and her friend and mentor Augustus Starwood, an aging portrait painter with a passion for Shakespeare, who join a diverse band of adventurers heading west to Montana to work on a dinosaur fossil dig. Told through Eleanor's remembrances years later, the story recounts the experiences of this ambitious and at times contentious field crew, as they argue over prevailing theories of evolution, contend with rival scientists, and worry about Indians moving north after their defeat of Custer. A vivid portrait of both the natural environment and the issues and ideas of the time, Smith's novel is ultimately a story of personal discovery, revealing the redemptive power of the land and its rivers. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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