Red rock over the river

by Patricia Beatty

When a new girl arrives at Fort Yuma, Arizona, in 1881, thirteen-year-old Dorcas finds herself involved in the escape of an outlaw from the prison across the river.

253 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Patricia Beatty (1922 - 1991) was an American author of award-winning children's and young adult historical fiction novels.

She was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian, and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

She wrote over 50 novels, and co-write 10 of them with her husband, John L. Beatty.

Beatty died in Riverside, California in 1991.

Reviews

[Jessie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like many of Patricia Beatty's novels, Red Rock Over the River features a headstrong young female protagonist without a mother. Set in 1881 at Fort Yuma, an army post in Arizona Territory, Red Rock Over the River is primarily the story of how Dorcas gets to know Hattie Lou, a strange and incredibly tall young woman who appears at the post one day. Sharpshooters, balloonists, and outlaws round out the story.

Red Rock Over the River is particularly interesting for Beatty's depiction of the horrors of prison life in the late 1800s.

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[Candice · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was interesting until the whole hot air balloon ...........thing.....it was like they wrote the book and didnt know how to end it, so they just made something up quickly.