false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178734584m/828166.jpg 828166 11 Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one of our greatest storytellers.<br><br>In <b>Ride the River</b> Louis L&#8217;Amour spins the tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortune from a murderous thief &#8212; and teaches him what it means to be a Sackett....<br><br>Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett had never been far from her Tennessee home &#8212; until she made the long trek to Philadelphia to collect an inheritance. Echo could take care of herself as well as any Sackett man, but James White, a sharp city lawyer, figured that cheating the money from the young country girl would be like taking candy from a baby.<br><br>If he couldn&#8217;t hoodwink Echo out of the cash, he&#8217;d just steal it from her outright. And if she put up a fight? There were plenty of accidents that could happen to a country girl on her first trip to the big city.... 813864 1 7 1983 Ride the River: The Sacketts total:501|5:164|4:161|3:155|2:18|1:3| 501 1968 583 26 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:16:32 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 31 19:47:10 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 19:53:53 -0700 2008 at least two, probably more more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:02:08 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 00:03:23 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 17:22:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 17:25:13 -0800 2009
This was my first L'Amour novel and I look forward to reading many more.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 10:16:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:17:44 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 04:17:47 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 04:24:06 -0800 2008 1
I have a dislike of the Sackett series having liked only two of them. However I really enjoyed this story from the beginning. The heroine is young a spunky. Her side kick is a da...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:24:04 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:25:03 -0700 2009
All because of a back ache.

Thanks Louis.]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 13:28:37 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 13:29:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 09:06:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 09:06:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 23:32:57 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 23:44:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 14:10:59 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:11:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 13:07:40 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 22:55:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 26 14:26:39 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:57:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:35:10 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 17:01:12 -0800 2008 1 2 0 true false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:16:59 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:20:21 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 19:37:01 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 19:38:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 24 18:33:10 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 18:34:22 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jul 30 23:42:12 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 00:45:20 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Sat Aug 09 05:46:16 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 05:47:20 -0700 2008 You are someone to ride the river with.
Of Course, if they haven't read the book, I usually tell them what it means.
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