Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country W. W. Norton & Company
To Deep Creek Lake and Beyond A Little More About Me by Pam Houston (2013-01-28) A Little More About Me <p><strong>“Pam Houston catches the voice of an entire generation of adventurous young women whose intrepid hearts lead them into deep water.”—<em>Elle</em></strong></p><br>Renowned author Pam Houston treats us to a celebration of real-life adventures in this rich collection of essays. Ranging over five years and five continents, <em>A Little More About Me</em> introduces us to a woman—adventure-seeking, curious, and awestruck—whose experiences resonate with our own navigation through life’s many pleasures and challenges. Deep Creek: A Novel <b>One of the <i>Washington Post</i>’s Best Novels of the Year: A “fascinating” tale of murder in 1880s Idaho, based on real historical events (<i>The Daily Beast</i>).</b><br /><br /> Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over thirty Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho lawman Joe Vincent to solve the case.<br />  <br /> Soon he journeys up the wild Snake River with Lee Loi, an ambitious young company investigator, and Grace Sundown, a métis mountain guide with too many secrets. As they track the killers across the Pacific Northwest, through haunted canyons and city streets, each must put aside lies and old grievances to survive a quest that will change them forever.<br />  <br /><i>Deep Creek</i> is a historical thriller inspired by actual events and people: the 1887 massacre of Chinese miners in remote and beautiful Hells Canyon, the brave judge who went after their slayers, and the sham race-murder trial that followed.<br />  <br /> In this enhanced ebook edition, <i>Deep Creek</i> teams history with invention, setting authentic photographs and maps alongside the authors’ brilliant fiction to illuminate this long-forgotten American tragedy, in a tale of courage and redemption, loss and love.<br />  <br /> The<i> Washington Post</i> has named <i>Deep Creek</i> a Best Novel of 2010, and The<i> Daily Beast</i>/<i>Newsweek</i> ranked it among the dozen best Western novels since 1960. A Rough Guide to the Heart In these essays, the author explores her real-life adventures ranging over five years and five continents. Whatever the destination - whether Bhutan or Bolivia - it is only the starting point for Pam Houston's emotional journey as she searches for balance within herself and the world around her. Virago Press Dirt: A Love Story Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories W. W. Norton & Company Contents May Have Shifted: A Novel W. W. Norton & Company Waltzing the Cat W. W. Norton & Company Sight Hound: A Novel W. W. Norton & Company Woman's Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives Used Book in Good Condition Seal Press