- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (20 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 034064687X
- ISBN-13: 978-0340646878
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,098,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Randall Stargill dies, his four sons must decide what to do with the farm that has been in the family for generations. It seems that a development company has taken the decision for them, but the land is who they are, and as the Cherokees before them, they are willing to die for the land.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have now read several of Sharyn McCrumb's books. (Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, She Walks These Hills, and Rosewood Casket) All have been excellent reading. I read for entertainment, and all of her books have fit the bill. Her characters are very real and you come to care about them a great deal. Her description of the mountains and the land are just beautiful. She weaves the past and the present together into a very interesting story. Sharyn is a great story teller and I am now going to the library to get other books written by her. You should too!!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Beautifully written and with literary merit.....
3 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
I came across the Rosewood Casket in one of my bookshelves, a first edition I had no memory of buying. Most often drawn to British writers (or Americans who "write British"), I was quickly drawn not only into Sharyn McCrumb's story, but her style and clear indication that she knows English and how to use it to great advantage. She is unpretentious and even her other-worldly concerns are non-intrusive and never offensive. She is a very gifted writer, indeed. I'd regret that I hadn't read her before, but now I get to read EVERYTHING. Now that I've finished the Rosewood Casket, I handed it to my husband, Allan Eckert. We sat across from her last year at the Kentucky Book Fair and I enjoyed her delightful personality very much. Now I can enjoy her wonderful books.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
the more things change....
2 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." The Rosewood Casket demonstrates how true this old saying is. McCrumb cleverly melds historical figure Daniel Boone with novel character Clayt Stargill, making this close to a time travel mystery with history repeating itself. The timeless tensions inherent in relationships - father/son, brother/brother, husband/wife, friend/friend, nature/man - play a pivotal role in this story that revolves around basic questions about who owns the land. The resolution of the central mystery involving the apparition in the woods is chilling.
McCrumb is a skilled, elegant writer - her prose is a pleasure to read.
McCrumb is a skilled, elegant writer - her prose is a pleasure to read.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
McCrumb delivers another winner!
13 May 2003
Format:Paperback
As I read this novel, the old song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" ran through my mind. The endless circle is the losing of the land. The prehistoric animals of iceage Appalachia lose the land to the Cherokees, who lose the land to the settlers, and their descendants lose the land to the real estate speculators. When Randall Stargill's four sons gather on the family farm to build their father's coffin, they embody the latest generation to face the quandry of losing the land. This is a story of cultural politics as much as of family dynamics. McCrumb lets you feel the love of the mountains while suffering the pain of losing them.
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