The Jump-Off Creek

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Summary: Great book about life on the range
Review: This book was really good. It is based in Eastern Oregon, and being from Oregon myself, I can really relate to the landmarks stated in the book. It's about a woman who moves west to settle for good and hopefully raise a family and she meets many people who end up being her good friends eventually. There is no plot or moral but it is a good book if you want to find out a little about what it was like to try to settle out west, starting from nothing.

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Summary: ONE OF ALL-TIME FAVORITES!
Review: This story felt like I was living there...feeling, tasting, sweating, right along with the characters. I would have sworn Gloss was taking this word for word from the woman's diary. Being thrilled by such everyday struggles like getting a mule down the hill..now thats what I call virtual reality. I was so enthralled by the "cowboys"...kept thinking I never would have dreamed I'de love a book like this so much...but it was so true and delicious. Thanks for taking me to Oregon in the 1890's. It was a thrilling, amazing adventure. The struggle's the pioneers endured were incredible...so much more so for a woman, and a woman alone at that!