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A Mountain Stands There

A Mountain Stands There

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bigotry, love, war, religion and money-it has it all!
Review: Bigotry, religion, war and money in the early 1900s all come together n this romance written by Coloradan A. Robert Hill. The story starts with a boy and girl on the banks of the Cuchara River in southern Colorado and follows that boy and girl as life buffets their hopes and dreams. For most of the book, both the boy, Robert, and the girl, Concepcion, are suject to forces outside themselves. Robert is sent to a Catholic college in the east by bigoted parents who want him away from Concepcion and her Hispanic ancestry. Concepcion, whose parents disapproved of her involvement with Robert, marries someone else while Robert is gone and she has a son. Robert, disappointed with Concecion's abandonment and grieving of the deaths of his parents takes his vows and becomes a priest. Robert works among the poor in St. Louis for a while, but eventually ends up back in his hometown of La Plaza de los Leones. Concepcion is still there and an incredible temptation, so Robert takes off again, heading for World War I in Europe and more tests of his faith. The story is good and its only stumbles are a few missed typos that the editor should have caught. The characters are well defined. Readers get to know Robert, caring and hoping that he will eventually find the happiness he has sought for so long.

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: Self discovery; the most important factor in anyone's life.
Review: First off, I am excited about being on Amzom.com. Who wouldn't be? However, in my novel, "A Mountain Stands There", self discovery in the environments of a bittersweet love, religion and war demonstrates what the heart has said many times over. Be yourself! And remember, age is only as the mind conceives it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Novel!
Review: I just thought I would let you know that I enjoyed the novel,"A Mountain Stands There", as well as a friend of mine in Walsenburg who read the novel. I was especially intrigued by the Hispanic and Anglo relationships that were definitely part of our history and culture, and still prevails today, even though there are more mixed ethnic marriages and less surface prejudice, etc.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Novel!
Review: I just thought I would let you know that I enjoyed the novel,"A Mountain Stands There", as well as a friend of mine in Walsenburg who read the novel. I was especially intrigued by the Hispanic and Anglo relationships that were definitely part of our history and culture, and still prevails today, even though there are more mixed ethnic marriages and less surface prejudice, etc.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Novel!
Review: I just thought I would let you know that I enjoyed the novel,"A Mountain Stands There", as well as a friend of mine in Walsenburg who read the novel. I was especially intrigued by the Hispanic and Anglo relationships that were definitely part of our history and culture, and still prevails today, even though there are more mixed ethnic marriages and less surface prejudice, etc.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An excellent, entertaining novel!
Review: I think the what I like the most is the way the author places the reader beside his characters. You feel, smell, sense the beauty of Colorado; its vast grasslands, its mountains, its people and their loves. A beautifully told story!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An excellent, entertaining novel!
Review: I think the what I like the most is the way the author places the reader beside his characters. You feel, smell, sense the beauty of Colorado; its vast grasslands, its mountains, its people and their loves. A beautifully told story!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A NOVEL YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN
Review: Once in awhile a novel comes along that really grabs me. A. Robert Hill's novel, A Mountain Stands There is one of these that does. From the time the little German boy and the little Hispanic girl swim in the buff, the story dug deep into my mind. Robert Gunther is the little boy and Concepcion de Varga is the little girl. Born and raised on neighboring ranches, the two children become physical lovers the night after they graduate from high school. Like many "White people" in Colorado, the Gunthers do not want their son marrying one from the Brown race. This fact lights the fuse for a story that explodes like Roman candles on the Fourth of July. Through the advice of a former high school lover, Emily Schumann, Gunther sends Robert to a Catholic school in Boston. After a series of tragedies, Robert becomes a priest who does not keep his vows when Concepcion seduces him. The guilt driven priest ends up in a trench in France during the height of World War I. The author through Father Robert Gunther reveals warfare in the European war. The author's description of the fighting during this period is amazing. Wounded, the priest resigns both his Army commission and his black frock and comes home to his ranch in Colorado. I don't want to ruin your enjoyment of this book by telling you more. I will tell you this, from the time you pick this book up, you won't want to put it down! Even though I finished A Mountain Stands There a week ago, the words still throb inside my head.

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: The public acceptance of my book.
Review: People on the street walk up to me and tell me how they have enjoyed my novel. E-mails are coming in also praising the book. What else could an author want?

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: My novel exceeded my wildest dreams at local book signing.
Review: The first day of the book signing, a fellow, Terry Rai, purchased the book, A Mountain Stands There. That was on Saturday. Sunday, as the book signings continued, he returned, and in front of many people, he said, "I am really enjoying your novel." Also many people on the street of our hamlet walk up to me and tell me how they are or have enjoyed the novel. This really makes an author feel GREAT! This happened in the vacation town of La Veta, Colorado


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