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Painted Horses

by Malcolm Brooks
12 CDs. 13:30 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2014. ISBN 9781483013541. $100. 1 MP3-CD, digital download. F
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Brooks's wonderful debut novel is set in the modernizing Montana of the 1950s. Catherine, a passionate yet sheltered young archaeologist, is sent west by a power company to investigate a canyon before it is destroyed to make a dam. John, a gruff yet sensitive cowboy, leads her to ruins that the two eventual lovers must fight the power company to preserve. Much of the story is told in flashbacks to Catherine's break with her strict upbringing to pursue archaeology or John's horseback Nazi hunting during World War II. Stirring descriptions of horses and Western landscapes echo the characters' preservationist motives. Julia Whelan portrays the many characters of the novel deeply and distinctly.
VERDICT Recommended for fans of Westerns, archaeology, historical romances, or horse epics.
Reviewed by Mark Swails, Johnson Cty. Community Coll., Overland Park, KS , Mar 01, 2015
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