Mountain Captive

by John Legg

Even though he now has an Indian wife and son, mountain trapper Jim Blackwood cannot forget his first wife, Anna, who was taken from him by a band of Blackfeet five years ago. When he discovers a clue to Anna's fate, Jim's obsession with finding her forces him to choose between living in the past and finding peace in his new life.

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 28, 1996

About the author

John Legg has had more than 50 Westerns published, including a number of series novels, and one book of Western nonfiction. He has also done a number of articles on Western history for national magazines. He has been a newspaper copy editor for more than 30 years. He also has edited novels, articles, short stories, and other works through his editing/critiquing service, JL TextWorks. He has an MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Reviews

[Charles Castell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the five stars story that I am use to from Mr. Legg, but I certainly enjoyed the trapping segments, which proved to be entertaining enough!

Four stars, at least as Blackwood and his crew proved to be the group to follow on their trapping journeys, as they pulled no punches in their attempts to fight the onslaught of Indians during their attempts to successfully trap the beaver. I found the continued use of God's name in vain was a little too much, and to me it became offensive!
There were some outstanding storylines throughout the story book, which proved to be heartwarming at times! As always, in trapping books, the Author's character selections were effectively chosen for their assigned roles.
I do recommend this fascinating series of events to you lovers of trapping stories relative to how some of those guys survived throughout the hardships involved with the trade. Here is enough romantic interludes to maintain your attention from beginning to end. Try it! I am sure most of you western lovers will find Blackwood and crew to be easy to follow!

[?? · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was decent, although not as good as his other books. As always, John Legg has great descriptions of the environment and there’s a good amount of exciting adventure. However, I found the main protagonist to be very irritating, as he constantly gets hung up on his love for Anna to the point where it’s clearly having a negative impact on both himself and others. Some of his actions in trying to get her back did also seem a little too extreme.

[Max VEAL · Rating 1 out of 5]

No

Probably the worst mountain man book I have read. I really got sick of all the eees in the text....Jeem, beeg, greengo. It made me lose interest. I had read this story before. The names and dates had beeen changed,to protect the innocent i presume.

[Abbigail Janick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good story, but .......

To me overly describing a scene can make a great story disparaging. The first sentence alone has like 12 adjectives. So while Legg has a great deal of talent, in my opinion he simply needs to stop trying so hard.

[Peggy Pancherz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Read all of the books in order to really enjoy it. Storyline continues to grow and develop. Characters are realistic and get better and better.

[EILEEN CURRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost love

A very excellent story that Wil keep the suspense of the reader's interest at a high peak through out the st

[Mikkel Libby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good characters

The story was pretty pointless. He didn't define much of any part . The Indian wives were a part of the picture, but so little was develop in their role

[john russell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poor

This is very disappointing. Not up to his usual high standard. Too much talking, too much pigeon English, not enough action.

[Mike Crosby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

Another fine mountain man story by a good western writer. I do enjoy the storyline as well as the characters.

[Sara Thompson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sort of pointless with no direction.

[Terry Truffin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Decent story - excessive profanity

John Legg can tell a good story however his excessive coarse language adds nothing to the plot or the characters.