The Sea of Grass, Conrad Richter
The Sea of Grass, Conrad Richter
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The Sea of Grass

Author: Conrad Richter

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2009

Synopsis

Published in 1936, this novel presents in epic scope the conflicts in the settling of the American Southwest. Set in New Mexico in the late 19th century, The Sea of Grass concerns the often violent clashes between the pioneering ranchers, whose cattle range freely through the vast sea of grass, and the farmers, or "nesters," who build fences and turn the sod. Against this background is set the triangle of rancher Colonel Jim Brewton, his unstable Eastern wife Lutie, and the ambitious Brice Chamberlain. Richter casts the story in Homeric terms, with the children caught up in the conflicts of their parents.

About Conrad Richter

Before becoming one of America's greatest novelists, Conrad Richter (1890-1968) worked driving a wagon over the mountains of Pennsylvania, in a machine shop, in a small-town bank, on a farm, in his own timber business, and reporting for newspapers, among other jobs. A dogged researcher, he wrote fifteen novels, most of them set on the American frontier, including The Light in the Forest and The Sea of Grass, as well as numerous short stories. His novels won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on October 08, 2013

Great book, many authors would have written this story with many more words, but the author paints a wonderful full picture of the southwest and tells a powerful, heart and spirit moving story, with few words. I have read two of his books now and I will be reading more.......more

Goodreads review by Lesle on August 10, 2023

Narration from Hal the nephew of a cattle baron James Brewton who has taken on the government owned land as his own which makes this ranch and rangeland immense. New homesteaders are coming and the Judge is wanting to put James in his place. Men despising each other. James has a very lady like bride......more

Goodreads review by Ian on November 09, 2021

2.5⭐ Read this in high school English, a while back. Don't recall a lot about it. It was a western, not unsimilar to what we watched on TV back then. The main female character was unhappy with being on the frontier, with its rough people. It didn't leave a strong impression. Mostly I remember I felt......more

Goodreads review by Alan on July 19, 2009

needs a good mowing The Sea of Grass is a tour-de-force of artistic prose. Conrad Richter's word painting of New Mexico at the end of the cowboy era is chock full of delightful metaphors and imagery. The problem is that all that poetic language crowds out the dialog and characterization. So the story......more

Goodreads review by George K. on November 11, 2018

"Η θάλασσα του γρασιδιού", εκδόσεις Πεχλιβανίδη. Ο Κόνραντ Ρίχτερ έχει γράψει διάφορα ενδιαφέροντα και αρκετά πολυδιαβασμένα μυθιστορήματα, όπως η τριλογία The Awakening Land (που αποτελείται από τα "The Trees", "The Fields" και "The Town") ή το "The Light in the Forest", αλλά δυστυχώς το "Η θάλασσα......more

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