Beyond the Stars

by David William Ross

Three white men traveling across the Great Plains in search of gold witness the Sioux, Crow, and Blackfeet as they make war with each other, and their enemies from the East

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

528 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

Reviews

[Cindy Kirkland · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was going to be terrible. I was pleasantly surprised. It is rich in the description of Native Americans. The story was told in vivid detail, pulling me in. It ranged from slow and repetitively desriptive to full of action. There is a lot of death. I did not like the ending, it kind of just dropped. Beaver was left at the mission and White River went to find Lydia on the same homestead as Buzz. That was it. Nothing more.

[Josephine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting, and overwhelming.

[John Sperling · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't expecting much from this book. I was pleasantly surprised. The writing is at once simple and rich. To call it a western would be incomplete. This is the story of native Americans and of white men in native land. Like a great western, however, it is full of action. Amid shootouts, hole-ups, trading posts, native lodges, and portraits of natural beauty sparse and varied, one gains a sense of life in the American west. At times, the characters appear two-dimensional. However, the writing mirrors the landscape: simple, hard, genuine, and at times extremely brutal.

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[Nan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good view of the Plains Indians as their way of life erroded.
Characters are good and storyline holds together.

[Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!!!! Is this author still writing?

[Charley Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars doesn't do it justice- HIGHLY recommend this book.