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Sackett's Land

Name: Sackett's Land
Author: Louis L'Amour

by Louis L'Amour

1973•Adventure•185 pages

Taste attributes: adventurewesternhistoricalactionimaginarylinearbig & variedall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardydeep rivalry

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Boxlist takeA sweeping adventure novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil's Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett's father threatens Genester's inheritance.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureWesternHistoricalActionAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardyDeep rivalry

Subjects

Western stories

Details

Author: Louis L'Amour
Published: 1973
Pages: 185
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Source: Open Library

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