I don't know what I was expecting when I started reading this book, but it most definitely wasn't this - a story of the domestication of the Wild West through the eyes of a full-on outlaw/ mountain man. It's a story that I practically never think about, or elect to read about, so I was surprised to find it on my list. Despite this, I have to say, I was entertained by all the hijinks and adventures. Although occasionally the description was lacking, the book read like a movie script. It was interesting to see the seedy underside of the gold rush, focusing the corruption through an already corrupt lens that laments the disappearance of the frontier. Characters were very-well established and ran the gamut of personality types - the corrupt lawman, the outlaw whose decision to get out of the lifestyle doesn't stick, the mysterious foreign temptress, etc. With a bit of a mystical element woven in, it highlighted all types of life on the Wild West and how they merge together, without playing on any blatant stereotypes.
3 bookworms
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