Shannon Burke

Into the Savage Country Shannon Burke

Marc Notes: Young William Wyeth leaves St. Louis for a fur-trapping expedition in 1826 and finds himself unwittingly at the center of a deadly boundary dispute among Native American tribes, the British government, and American trapping brigades--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: A breathtaking adventure set in the American West of the 1820s that gives us a tale of complex friendships, a love story, and a panoramic retelling of a crucial moment in American history. Review Citations: Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 28 (EAN 9780307908933, Other) Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014 (EAN 9780307908926, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 10/15/2014 pg. 77 (EAN 9780307908926, Hardcover) Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 28 (EAN 9780307908926, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780307908926, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Shelf Awareness 02/27/2015 (EAN 9780307908926, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Burke, Shannon SHANNON BURKE is a novelist and screenwriter. Before moving to his current home in Knoxville, he worked as a paramedic in Harlem and lived in Chicago; Chapel Hill; New Orleans; Los Angeles; Prescott, Arizona; Bryan, Texas; and Mexico. "Safelight" is his first novel. "From the Hardcover edition."