"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" is an epic tale of the wild west. The words 'pranced' and 'shotgun' usually do not go together in the same sentence.Ī word of warning: speaking of language, it is a bit dated with derogatory and racist words. Taylor has an interesting way of using words. The interesting conversation about Latin and who killed the dead language was one of my favorites. My favorite parts were the interactions he had with his father. Confessional: I didn't know if I liked audacious Jaimie McPheeters when I first met him. This was the wild west a time when at plate passing someone could offer a live rattlesnake in lieu of money. The story has everything: clashes with Indian tribes (including kidnapping, torture and murder), gambling, religion (Mormonism and the question of polygamy), humor, weather, and the hardships of the trail. In a nutshell, it is the adventures of young Jaimie McPheeters as he journeyed with his father to seek gold in the mid 1800s. Although The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is grounded in fiction its bibliography indicates Taylor made extensive use of letters, memorandums, maps, memoirs, guidebooks, journals, and sermons to give the novel sincere authenticity.
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