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When widowed mule breeder Cy Bellman reads in the newspaper that colossal ancient bones have been discovered in the salty Kentucky mud, he sets out from his small Pennsylvania farm to see for himself if the rumors are true that the giant monsters are still alive and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River Promising to write and to return in two years, he leaves behind his only daughter, Bess, to the tender mercies of his taciturn sister and heads west.With only a barnyard full of miserable animals and her dead mother s gold ring to call her own, Bess, unprotected and approaching womanhood, fills lonely days tracing her father s route on maps at the subscription library and waiting for his letters to arrive Bellman, meanwhile, wanders farther and farther from home, across harsh and alien landscapes, in reckless pursuit of the unknown. Download West – kino-fada.fr Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend Cy Bellman reads of monstrous bones discovered in the Kentucky mud and is compelled to leave his Pennsylvania farm on horseback to behold the mammoth creatures with his own eyes Though his journey is recounted briefly, and the few pages of this slim novel must be shared with Bellman s ten year old daughter and a Shawnee boy, Davies weaves a story both perilous and impassioned, one that grips you to the fin Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend Cy Bellman reads of monstrous bones discovered in the Kentucky mud and is compelled to leave his Pennsylvania farm on ...4.5 stars.Inspired by Lewis and Clark s expedition in the early 19th century, ten years later Cy Bellman, a grieving widower, leaves Pennsylvania and his 10 year old daughter Bess on an expedition to the West, on a quest for the huge animals that he thought might exist when he learns that large fossils have been found What would possess a man to leave his young daughter with his sister alone on his mule breeding farm was beyond my imagination For Cy it was a calling I have to go I have to 4.5 stars.Inspired by Lewis and Clark s expedition in the early 19th century, ten years later Cy Bellman, a grieving widower, leaves Pennsylvania and his 10 year old daughter Bess on an expedition to the West, on a quest for the huge animals that he thought might exist when he learns that large fossils have been found What would possess a man to leave his young daughter with his sister alone on his mule breeding farm was beyond my imagination For Cy it was a calling I have to go I have to go and see That s all I can tell you I have to He read an article with no illustrations , but in his mind the monstrous bones, the prodigious tusks, uncovered where th...From Pennsylvania to Kentucky, that is the goal of Bellman after reading in newspapers the discovery of some huge bones from an animal never seen before.A widower, he leaves his ten year old daughter in the care of his taciturn sister, planning to be gone two years or so Hiring a young Indian boy with the stange name Old woman from a distance, he sets out into unknown territory Bess,tries to follow her father s journey n maps she located in the library While Bellman finds dangers in the cold, From Pennsylvania to Kentucky, that is the goal of Bellman after reading in newspapers the discovery of some huge bones from an animal never seen before.A widower, he leaves his ten year old daughter in the care of his taciturn sister, planning to be gone two years or so Hiring a young Indian boy with the stange name Old woman from a distance, he sets out into unknown territory Bess,trie...4.5 Pre Light Pollution StarsI dip my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in some train yardMy beard ruff and then a cold pile and aAnd a dirty hat pulled low across my faceThrough cupped hands, round a tin canI pretend to hold you to my breast and findThat you re wavin from the back roadsEver smiling, ever gentle on my mindGentle on My Mind, Billy Bragg Joe Henry, Songwriters John HartfordWhen John Cyrus Bellman first read about the...5 Wild, Wild West stars to West by Carys Davies This bold, unforgettable story is short on pages, but huge on impact I m going to try my best to keep my review brief, too, so I leave the reader to explore from scratch this marvelous adventure in storytelling Cy Bellman leaves his home and young daughter in Pennsylvania to head west Told in his perspective, as well as his daughter s, West is full of emotion, heart, adventure, danger, hope, and wonder It was a book I devoured in one 5 Wild, Wild West stars to West by Carys Davies This bold, unforgettable story is short on pages, but huge on impact I m going to try my best to keep my review brief, too, so I leave the reader to explore from scratch this marv...4.5 In the early 19th century, a restless widower named Cy Bellman leaves his farm and ten year old daughter in the care of his sister and heads from Pennsylvania out WEST, in search of mammoth animals that he has read about, it s a need that consumes him.The story of his j...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here John Cyrus Bellman had an adventurous spirit Having left Britain, he became a mule breeder in Lewistown, Pennsylvania Bellman, a widower, lived with his ten year old daughter Bess Bellman s so called hum drum existence was kicked up a notch when he read about colossal animal bones discovered in Kentucky In the early nineteenth century, a journey of discovery was a monumental undertaking, one that he welcomed.Bellman perused the journals of Lewis and Clark in the local subscription library no John Cyrus Bellman had an adventurous spirit Having left Britain, he became a mule breeder in Lewistown, Pennsylvania Bellman, a widower, lived with his ten year old daug...A high 4 starsCarys Davies writes beautifully in simple and precise prose It was a pleasure to read West for that reason alone West is very short barely a novel, really but it conveys a lot Set many years back in the US, Cy who is a widower leaves his daughter Bess in the care of his sister to seek out giant mammoth like creatures he has recently read about It s a fool s journey West feels like an allegory about the unintended consequences of foolish journeys Heartbreak, missed message A high 4 starsCarys Davies writes beautifully in simple and precise prose It was a pleasure to read West for that reason alone West is very short barely a novel, really but it conveys a lot Set many years back in the US, Cy who is a widower leaves his daughter Bess in the care of his sister to seek out giant mammoth like creatures he has recently read about It s a fool s journey West feels like an allegory about the unintended consequences of foolish journeys Heartbreak, missed me...2.5 to 3 Bellman loved this story, felt strengthened by it the notion that whatever your own idea of the known world, there were always things outside it you hadn t dreamed of John Cyrus Bellman has a compulsion to go West to seek the big creatures he s heard about in the news He was captivated by the Lewis and Clark expedition and feels drawn to follow He s a farmer in the 1800s, a widower for many years with a ten year old daughter, Bess The book opens with her begging her father not to l 2.5 to 3 Bellman loved this story, felt strengthened by it the notion that whatever your own idea of the known world, there were always things outside it you hadn t dreamed of John Cyrus Bellman has a compulsion to go West to seek the big creatures he s heard about in the news He was captivated by the Lewis and Clark expedition and feels drawn to follow He s a farmer in the 1800s, a widower for many years with a ten year old daughter, Bess The b...This short novel, provides a detailed picture of a moment in time, early in the 19th century, as the United States is a nation on the edge of wilderness, beginning to push further into that unknown area John Cyrus Bellman, of Pennsylvania, becomes enraptured by a story he sees at the town subscription library Large bones, including apparent tusks, have been unearthed in Kentucky Cyrus is a dre...

West
  • English
  • 24 December 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 160 pages
  • 1501179349
  • Carys Davies
  • West