02588cam a2200301 4500 1648722914 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781478944744 1478944749 0029647460 Axis360 TxAuBib Crook, Elizabeth, 1959- The Which Way Tree [Boundless]. Unabridged. Hachette Book Group USA, 2022. The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to avenge her mother's death. Early one morning in the remote hill country of Texas, a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, whose final act is to save her daughter's life. Samantha and her half brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred. Narrated in Benjamin's beguilingly plainspoken voice, The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha's unshakeable resolve to stalk and kill the infamous panther, rumored across the Rio Grande to be a demon, and avenge her mother's death. In their quest she and Benjamin, now orphaned, enlist a charismatic Tejano outlaw and a haunted, compassionate preacher with an aging but relentless tracking dog. As the members of this unlikely posse hunt the panther, they are in turn pursued by a hapless but sadistic Confederate soldier with troubled family ties to the preacher and a score to settle. In the tradition of the great pursuit narratives, The Which Way Tree is a breathtaking saga of one steadfast girl's revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast. Yet with the comedic undertones of Benjamin's storytelling, it is also a timeless tale full of warmth and humor, and a testament to the enduring love that carries a sister and brother through a perilous adventure with all the dimensions of a legend. "A ripping adventure [with] a show-stopping finale."-Wall Street Journal "The stuff of legends."-Attica Locke "Powerful, sly, and often charming."-Daniel Woodrell. Format: Acoustik. FICTION / Westerns; FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Small Town & Rural. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-07 21:15:28. Fiction fast Small Town & Rural. Fiction Action & Adventure. Fiction Westerns. Collyer, Will, narrator. https://marioncl.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0029647460 T3F