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Hunter's Horn | 
| Author: Harriette Simpson Arnow
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 550926
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 371
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 087013437X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780870134371
ASIN: 087013437X
Publication Date: June 1997
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| Customer Reviews:
The great American novel April 20, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you've never read Harriette Arnow, or only know her through The Dollmaker, you'll be shocked at how stunning this novel is. Beautiful written, with some of the most complex and moving characters in literature.
The Great American Novel of the 20th Century!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! March 25, 2002
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Set in rural Kentucky around WWII, this book is so good, it should replace Huckelberry Finn as "the great american novel". It is a shame that it isn't better known, but unfortunately Arnow-Simpson is thought of as a regional writer. This is a very deep book, but it also has some very funny parts. Her description of pre-consumerism country life is very detailed and insightful. She saw how the world was changing, and captured a piece of it that is now long gone. I'm not even an hunting type, and I wanted to go out and get a couple of hounds after reading this. Better even than The Dollmaker, and not half as sad. Highly Recommended!
Strong characters and detailed descriptions of Ky people March 9, 1998
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book captures the spirit, character, and complexities of the mountain people of eastern Kentucky better than any other I have read. The individuals are simple, strong-willed, and proud like many of the people I grew up with. The descriptions of the landscape are detailed, accurate, and compelling as I remember them. For anyone interested in a better understanding of the depth of human character explained in a very readable way, this is a terrific book
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