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The novel follows Tasmin Berrybender, a young woman of English descent, as she journeys along the Missouri River with her affluent clan. As she nears motherhood and grapples with her father's decline, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Native American Jim Snow.
Through Tasmin's eyes, the story examines family dynamics, the shifting balance of power within her community, and the complex interactions between settlers and Indigenous peoples in the American West.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: Larry McMurtry
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