The Which Way Tree (Hardcover)

from TexasBookLover

HISTORICAL FICTION Elizabeth Crook The Which Way Tree: A Novel Little, Brown and Company Hardcover, 978-0-3164-3495-9, (also available as an e-book and on audio CD), 288 pgs., $26.00 February 6, 2018 Judge E. Carlton: How many times did you have contact with [Clarence Hanlin] after seeing him on...

from tamidale

I loved this book! Author Elizabeth Crook presents some interesting characters and great storytelling through the eyes of young Benjamin Shreve, a seventeen year old orphan who is living on his own with his younger sister. Set in the Texas hill country immediately following the war between the st...

from nancyadair

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook commanded my attention from the fist page. I loved the voice and the story kept my interest. In 1866 Texas Ben is called to testify about a murder incident that occurred three years previous. The judge hopes to determine if Hanlin murdered eight Union soldier...

from janerawoof

A future classic of its genre. Set in post-American Civil War Texas, the obsessive search by the girl, Samantha, for the panther who had killed her mother and mauled her very badly, especially facially. A disparate group accompanies her: her older brother, Benjamin; a Mexican, possibly a horse-th...

from oldbookswine

Taking place after the Civil war the story is told by Benjamin who witnessed a crime. He is called to testify. As he writes his testimony the reader is taken on a great journey withSam,his sister. Sam mauled by a panther what killed her mother has only one goal in life to kill the panther. Intere...