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Richard White - Mister Grey
Four Walls Eight Windows, 1992
247 str.
Tvrdi povez.
stanje: vrlo dobro.

A sequel to Twain`s great American classic follows a grown-up Huckleberry, now sheriff of a Wyoming cowtown, as racial tensions sparked by a black schoolteacher`s clandestine relationship with the white daughter of a prominent citizen make his job next to impossible.

A moving tale of racism, kidnapping, love and the loss of innocence in the Wyoming Territory of the 1880s, this intelligent western transcends its genre to achieve emotional depth and timely relevance. Josiah Grey, half black, half Native American, is a gentlemanly, soft-spoken Harvard graduate who becomes the object of venomous hatred in the small Wyoming town that hires him as schoolmaster. Young Charles Prescott, the adventurous narrator, stumbles upon the dark secret that brought Grey to Wind River--a secret previously known only to Charlie`s father, who edits the local newspaper, and to Sheriff Huck Finn, all grown up here and on loan from the Mark Twain classicas is, seems like stating the obvious . Finn, a straight shooter with a big heart who once abetted runaway slaves, is a key player in the wham-bang finale. Exploring frontier tensions and interracial romance, White ( Sword of the North ) imbues his slightly idealized Old West with an authentic feel and with people who touch the heart. His Huck Finn fits convincingly into this brooding saga.

Calling forth the Old West of movie matinees and heroic friendships, this new novel by the author of `Sword of the North` offers a twist on the coming-of-age tale. Young Charles Prescott`s story combines all the stock elements: innocent youth, liberal newspaper editor, Pinkerton agents, train robbers, bumbling sheriff with a deadly aim, and forbidden love. But this time the schoolmarm is black and male, the sheriff an adult Huck Finn (who did indeed light out for the territory). The result is a satisfying tale with good dialog and a fast-paced plot. If not as timeless as Twain`s masterpiece, it should still be popular summer reading.