The Jump-Off Creek, The by Molly Gloss

The Jump-Off Creek, The by Molly Gloss

A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist * Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award * Winner of the Oregon Book Award

"An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling." --William Kittredge, author of Owning It All

A widowed homesteader is determined to make a life in the unforgiving mountains of late 19th century Oregon in this "powerful novel of struggle and loss." (Dallas Morning News)

Acclaimed author Molly Gloss drew on pioneer diaries and old family stories to write this modern Western classic of a solitary woman's frontier life. In the 1890s, Lydia Bennett Sanderson, a hardship-honed widow, leaves her old life behind and journey's to Jump-Off Creek to make her way as a homesteader in the backcountry of Oregon. Her neighbors are few and far between: Tim Whiteaker and Blue Odell are trying to make a go of it on their small hardscrabble ranch, while Evelyn Walker - a young, lonely wife - is rearing her children in daunting isolation. And a trio of rootless cowboys are squatting in the mountains, their only income the bounty from poisoned wolves. While Lydia toils into the summer, building fences, digging ditches, and repairing her homestead cabin, Tim and Blue engage in a deadly spoilers game with the wolvers. As the months pass, there is good and ill fortune, the exchange of fair-and-square favors, and Lydia finds both courage and community in her determination to survive.

An unforgettable tale in which "every gritty line of the story rings true" (Seattle Times), Gloss delivers an authentic and moving portrait of the American West.

Gloss, Molly: - Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who now lives in Portland on the west side of the Tualatin Hills. She is the author of five novels: The Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild Life, The Hearts of Horses, and Falling from Horses, and one collection of stories, Unforseen. Her awards include the Oregon Book Award, a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the PEN West Fiction Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and a Whiting Writers Award; and her short story, Lambing Season was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her work often concerns the landscape, literature, mythology, and life of the American West.

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ISBN 13	9780618565870
ISBN 10	0618565876
Title	The Jump-Off Creek, The
Author	Molly Gloss
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2005-06-01
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.