Seven Rivers West: A Novel

by Edward Hoagland

Vaudeville entrepreneur Cecil Roop heads west in the 1880s in search of a grizzly cub for the show circuit on the East Coast and encounters a host of unusual characters who make his journey both interesting and difficult. Reprint.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932, in New York, New York) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing. His non-fiction has been widely praised by writers such as John Updike, who called him "the best essayist of my generation."

Reviews

[Milt · Rating 3 out of 5]

was leading somewhere, sasquatchy to the end, somewhere else

[Leroy Wow · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite science fiction western. Best depiction of bigfoot in any novel.

[Cws]

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