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The sound of the trees : a novel

Title
The sound of the trees : a novel / Robert Gatewood.
Author
Gatewood, Robert Payne.
Publication
New York : Henry Holt, 2002.

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289 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • "Set in the 1930s, The Sound of the Trees tells the story of Trude Mason, a boy escaping from a brutal father and a violent past. Without a vehicle or the knowledge of how to operate one, Trude and his mother set out on horseback on a grueling journey through the extreme desert and mountainous terrain of southwestern New Mexico. Their destination: Colorado, a place Trude imagines to be abundantly fertile, wild, and free.
  • Yet the wilderness proves to be as threatening as the boy's father, and Trude must stop to recuperate in a remote township along the way. There he becomes involved in the plight of a young girl whose life is hanging in the balance, and is forced to face an explosive collision between self-preservation and conscience."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Mothers and sons > Fiction
  • Runaway children > Fiction
  • Family violence > Fiction
  • Runaway wives > Fiction
  • Boys > Fiction
  • New Mexico > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Historical fiction.
  • Domestic fiction.
ISBN
0805068023
LCCN
2001051703
OCLC
  • ocm48375546
  • SCSB-4272629
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries