"I love the mountain man. The cowboy is a figure from realism, the mountain man from romance. In one of the great adventures in a trapper tale, a man rides down a ridge on a thunderstorm bellowing Beethoven back at the gods. No cowboy ever did that-at least not in a book."--Win Blevins, General Editor Back in print and now in Kindle form! The Long Rifle is a uniquely American adventure story full of thrills. An epic of the best sort! The Long Rifle excited tens of thousands of readers almost one century ago when it was first published. White's tale of young Andy Burnett, carrying Daniel Boone's very own long rifle, is as powerful today as ever. Imagine a young man's adventure in the untamed Rocky Mountains during the early fur trade era. The Long Rifle recalls a time of endlessly expanding horizons, of being one with the natural world, and of innocence. The Long Rifle has a spirit that almost forgotten, filled with wonder at creation. The author does not so much write the tale as he does launch onto its energies and roars downstream with the river's current. Yes, it is old-fashioned. It is heroic, sentimental, and romantic. It is touched with magnificence. It is imbued with the innocence and optimism that young people, about to venture into unknown worlds, want to believe in. (Fleeing his step-father, young Andy Burnett heads for the wild, untamed Rocky Mountains where adventure waits. His shoulder bears the long rifle of Daniel Boone, the very one carried by the legendary man on his first trip to Kentucky.) Our author beats the drums of the American myth. Burnet goes through the rituals of his first buffalo hunt, his first love, a hair-breadth Indian fight-and all test his character. He learns what it means to be a partner. He is intoxicated by seeing new country. He has shining times and starving times, and he loves them all. Burnett changes from a youth to a man, and all that means. Then, much too soon, he feels it all slipping away, the grand adventure coming to its inevitable end. In this way, The Long Rifle is less a novel than a sacrament. It is a campfire tale as old as the first humans. It reminds us of who we are, as campfire tales always do. This primal story has been told countless times on screen and in books. It is part of the American experience. People who will like this book love Men's Adventure books, Women's Adventures, American Epics, Classic Literature, Native Americans, Historical Fiction, Outdoor Life, Nature Lovers, and Armcha