Ride the River: The Sacketts (Audiobook) by Louis L'Amour, Jamie Rose

from Momo-Chan

Ride the River was a very interesting book considering it is the first of the Sackett series to be from the point of view from a girl instead of a man. I like the way that the Chantry's are brought into yet another Sackett book. Throughout L'Amour's books Sackett's run into the Chantry's or vice-...

from atoponce

This book is the first in the series (the only?) that has a strong female lead character Echo Sackett. What really struck me with her character, was how strongly L'Amour wrote in her personality. It was very clear that she was a bubbly, bright, expressive individual, with a great sense of humor.O...

from atimco

Louis L'Amour's Ride the River is, I think, a little out of the ordinary for a Sackett novel. The Sackett hero of this tale is not a hero, but a heroine-Echo Sackett, a mountain girl from the hills of Tennessee, who has come down to the "settlements" (that is, Philadelphia) to claim an inheritanc...

from PatBrooks

My first and still my favorite Sackett book. Knowing how painstakingly L'Amour does his research, this book was very insightful on the mountain culture of the times, as well as being an interesting, fast paced, action filled tale. Echo is spunky, smart, and fearless - who could ask for anything m...

from clif_hiker

Fourth or fifth in the Sackett saga, and the first to introduce a female Sackett. Jump forward about 200 years from Jubal Sackett exploring the western mountains, back to Tennessee.. we meet young Echo Sackett, a 16 year old rifle toting, knife carrying female incarnation of the Sackett archtype ...