Sun Going Down

I enjoyed this book tremendously. It would be a good idea to not judge this book by its cover. This book is written in a style that puts it beside great writers of yesterday and today. Jack Todd can craft a beautiful sentence and tell a story that makes you love the characters. I am not particularly......more

I loved this book and recommend it to any reader who enjoys Western life and family sagas. This novel follows three generations of the Paint family struggle through 70 years from Mississippi to the Dakota Terratory. The hardships and struggles of the Paint family will keep you glued to the book. Dur......more

From Amazon: "Part history, part romance, and part action-adventure novel, Sun Going Down follows the fortunes of Ebenezer Paint and his descendants—rough and tough individuals who are caught up in Civil War river battles, epic cattle drives through drought and blizzards, the horrors of Wounded Knee,......more

I don't read too many Westerns, and I happened on this one by accident. I acquired the second book, then realized I needed to read the first one first, which turned out to be a Western of sorts. This is the story of the Paint family from Civil War days until right before the Great Depression. The st......more

If possible I would give this book 4 1/2 stars! This long book, spanning four generations of the Paint family and traveling from the Mississippi River at the end of the War Between the States to Nebraska and Wyoming during Wounded Knee and on into the Depression, was, I discovered, based on the diar......more