Road to Reckoning : A Novel (Hardcover)

from BrokenTeepee

Young Thomas Walker is living with his aunt while his father goes about New York selling spectacles. His mother has died and his aunt is trying to educate him as she thinks is best. The country is experiencing some financial difficulties so the commissions are not coming as they once were and so ...

from adrianburke

A lot of reviewers have seen similarities between this novel and True Grit. They sure ain't wrong. There is a similarity in the hard almost Biblical prose and the theme/setting sort of also links to modern westerns such as Cormac McCarthy. I enjoyed this book even though the time scale was very v...

from Twink

It was the cover blurb on the cover of Robert Lautner's book, Road to Reckoning, that compelled me to pick it up....."Those who love True Grit will love this." 1837 New York City. Thomas Walker and his father (formerly a spectacle salesman) strike out on the road West to sell a new product - guns...

from Ronrose1

Give me more from this author. Robert Lautner has crafted a compelling tale of a young boy who lives through a lifetime of experiences in a week. Thomas, not yet in his teen years, has lost his mother to smallpox. His father is trying to make a living selling spectacles in New York during the dep...

from Bridgey

The Road to Reckoning - Robert Lautner ***** Strangely enough I picked up this book in a pound shop, you don't normally see many books worth reading there, but I looked at the blurb and it sounded my type of novel so I gave it a try. There have been a lot of other reviews that go into detail rega...