Title: To the Far Blue Mountains
Series: The Sacketts, book 2
Author: Louis L’Amour
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Books
Narrator: John Curless
Duration: 9 hours, 12 minutes
Copyright: 1999
Genres: adventure, exploration
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
Review copy provided by Kearney Public Library.
THE GIST: Barnabas Sackett’s problems began with a simple misunderstanding, but now things have gone completely beyond his control. Forced to leave his home, Barnabas gathers his loyal friends and sets off for the new world. Once there, he must battle the rough new frontier, the elements, and the native Indians to carve out a home for future generations of Sackett’s.
MY THOUGHTS: If the above synopsis seems sketchy, it's because I only listened to the first couple of hours of “To the Far Blue Mountains." This audio book, not being your typical gun-fighting, cattle-rustling story of the old west, just didn't grab my attention. It's a perfectly good story, I'm sure, just not something that interests me.
“To the Far Blue Mountains” is the second audio book in Louis L’Amour's Sackett series, and picks up right where "Sackett's Land" left off. The story takes place around the turn of the 17th century and may be of more interest to those who enjoy historical fiction.
NARRATOR: John Curless does little to grab the listener’s attention when he reads an audio book. I just had a hard time focusing on “To the Far Blue Mountains.”
FINAL WORD: If you’re a fan of western audio books, look elsewhere. I would recommend reading some of the later Sackett audio books before you attempt these early ones. I’ve done several audio book reviews on Louis L’Amour’s Sackett books, choose one from the list below.
CHECK OUT THESE OTHER AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS:
Sackett’s Land by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook Review)
The Warrior’s Path by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook Review)
The Daybreakers by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook Review)
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Having come at the Sackett tales from the middle, I had a different take. I started with The Daybreakers, hit a few others in the Western genre, and then wondered about how L'Amour worked the Sackett family's early history. So I didn't look at the early history, as it were, as Westerns.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed them. They both were adventure tales, though I confess I'm not much for the sword-and-pirate-type tales. But once L'Amour has his family firmly entrenched on land I think he starts writing like he does with his westerns. I enjoyed discovering the different branches of the Sackett family and how they came to be.
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By the time I got as far as L'Amour takes us - in the early saga - I was ready, again, for the Westerns. "Ride the River" seems to be the earliest of the post-Barnabas-era tales; it prepares the fan for the move to the Old West. Pity he never followed through with moving the Sacketts up to the Revolution, but the links of the family in so many westerns makes for a pleasurable read.
Review away! I'm enjoying them! Whoo-Hoo!
By the way "Ride the River" takes place in the 1830s. The main character is Echo Sackett who will go on to be the Aunt of Orrin and Tyrell Sackeet ( of "The Daybreakers"). This tale also links two of L'Amour's fictional families - the Sacketts and the Chantrys.
ReplyDeleteI actually just read The Daybreakers and liked it much more than these first three Sackett books. Look for the review in the next couple of weeks. ;) I have Ride the River and will be reading it soon as well. Thanks for the comments!
ReplyDeleteThough I enjoyed Ride the River ... a lot ... because of the time and place it is actually a tale of the mountain home of the Sacketts, and the era before the Old West, the family mores and customs, and such. Enjoy!
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