Find Only The Brave: The Continuing Saga Of The San Juan Pioneers Composed By Gerald N. Lund Shown In Document
like reading about the settlement of Utah and hearing names of familiar places and learning how they were settled, Gerald Lund makes reading history so much fun.
I didnt know hardly anything about the places in this book and really enjoyed it, Love the characters and was happy to learn he will write more about them in the Fire and Steel series! Good book, Easy, quick read. Likable characters. Cant decide if i like the abrupt ending or not, I guess that's why there's another book to the series, All around good book. I'd recommend it! This wasn't my favorite of Lund's novels but not my least favorite either, It is amazing to learn more about those brave souls who settled the South Eastern parts of Utah, I love how Lund uses true stories and events and weaves them with fictional characters, I don't always love the fictional story lines, I enjoyed this so much more than The first "Hole in the Rock San Juan Pioneers" series, The Undaunted, I have ancestors who were among those early So, Utah pioneers and was somewhat familiar with some of their stories/ struggles, I will read therd book, To Soar With Eagles I enjoyed this book and thought it was a good story, The only thing I was let down by was that the first book contained so much history of the saints and this one seemed more fiction than historical.
Otherwise, still a great read, Labeled as a standalone sequel to The Undaunted, this volume gave me high hopes of a compelling plot with fascinating details, While I found the retelling of historically accurate history interesting, I was less than riveted by the fictional plot, I don't think I will follow the lives of this particular set of characters, As this standalone sequel to The Undaunted begins, four years have passed since the first Mormon pioneers made the harrowing journey to carve the HoleintheRock trail to the region of the San Juan River in southeastern Utah.
In that time, the settlers have dug in deep to try to establish roots in this untamed and unforgiving desert, but life is still far from easy.
Biting winds, devastating floods, scorching heat, barren terrain, and tensions with everyone from Indians to outlaws to competing ranchers have threatened the pioneers' ability to thriveor even survive.
Another great one from the King of LDS Historic Fiction, Those San Juan Saints were real saints, Love it! A wonderful sequel, I enjoy learning more about those that settled the area, Amazing people! I read this one because friends told me it was part of
the series of The Undaunted, I was disappointed to learn it was new characters, and I really didnt enjoy it as much, I feel like this one was a filler for the author, and I didnt enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed his other books that I have read.
This was an easy read, I enjoyed the story: I was looking for an enjoyable read and found it with this book, There is. It as much detail as in the previous book, Undaunted, but was what I was looking for at the time, This is more of a story about Mitch a seventeen year old boy when the book starts and his desire to own his own cattle, It's also the story of Edie, the girl that catches Mitch's eye and what Mitch needs to learn about young women, Gerald Lund has also included historical information and a few historical characters as well, To begin with this book was not as well written as The Undaunted, It was mostly a little romance and not a remarkable one at that, I did like the sweet faith of these pioneers under what were terrible circumstances, Their homes were flooded and it was probably the most muddy place they could ever live, For this I said I liked the book, Some of my own ancestors lived aboutmiles from Escalante in Ephriam, So I am sure they experienced much the same fate, Still this was not near the caliber of The Undaunted, There was so much drama in that book, I doubt I will go on to the sequel to this sequel, Sorry Brother Lund. Only the Brave was a great book about pioneers settling the San Paulo Region and dealing with Native Americans, I loved how the author made the book feel real, with characters that could have reasonably existed, yet it felt dramatic and intense, The first scene in particular just ropes the audience and makes it feel like a western movie, However, it was sobering to see at the end of each chapter a list of references that explained what parts were real and what parts were fiction added by the narrator.
The narrative drags the audience through the life of Mitch, a small boy who grows up with every turn of the page, and meets some stunning people from actual history along the way.
If you love true stories, but also enjoy the spice of something not entirely nonfictional, and have a heart for romance stories then you would love this story.
The ending will delight any hopeless romantics or hopeful dreamers out there, Not crazy about it. Read it mostly for the history part though, so that was good, Great USA roadtrip CD when we were crossing the country and back, and had lots of time to look at the barren land that so many braved to cross and settle in.
Lighter reading than some of Lund's books but every bit as enjoyable, We had a nice surprise when a 'family' story was inserted with a different character,
good read,
Not nearly as good as The Undaunted, but still a good read! The Undaunted was one my favorite reads, so was expecting more from this book.
This novel was one of the worst novels I've read by Lund, It seems as though he wanted to continue The Undaunted, but there weren't enough historical accounts to keep it afloat, There were a few historical events that were mentioned throughout the book, but they were far and few between and were changed too drastically to accommodate for the fictional characters to take part in them.
There were hardly any spiritual moments mentioned in the novel, This was a major let down after having read The Work and the Glory, Fire of the Covenant, and The Undaunted, The fictional characters were very hardened and didn't have a whole lot of depth to them specifically Gwendolyn and I didn't care too much for them, It was hard to stay with this book and I just finished it just to be over with it, Not to mention all of the grammatical errors found within the published copy, I'm not quite sure I'm going to read therd book in this series, I'll put it on my list, but I make no promises, Four years have passed since the first Mormon pioneers made the harrowing journey to care the HoleIntheRock trail to the region of the San Juan River in southeastern Utah.
In that time, the settlers have dug in deep to try to establish roots in this untamed and unforgiving desert, but life is still far from easy.
Biting winds, devastating floods, scorching heat, barren terrain, and tensions with everyone from Indians to outlaws to competing ranchers have threatened the pioneers ability to thrive or even survive.
But the call from Church leaders to establish peaceful, stable settlements in the volatile region still stands, so young Mitch Westland and his family must find a way to make a home amid the harshest of circumstances.
They soon learn that their only chance of success lies in uniting together with the other faithful Saints including the Zimmers and their charming daughter, Edie, Can the families withstand the blows that seem to come every step of the way as they struggle against man, nature, and their own fears to heed a prophetic call Many settlers will try to conquer that rugged territory, but only the brave will prevail.
Continuing the saga of the San Juan pioneers, fans of THE UNDAUNTED and new readers alike will enjoy taking a journey into southern Utahs thrilling past with master storyteller Gerald N.
Lund. Enjoyed learning more about the story of San Juan Pioneers as only Gerald Lund can tell it, I was disappointed in this book, The characters seemed flat and stilted, The history of the San Juan pioneers is incredibly inspiring, but trying to stick these fictional characters into the real history just didn't speak to me, I enjoy the stories of Gerald Lund, I like his footnotes so I can see how it relates to real history, I had a hard time keeping track of the time and had to keep looking back at the dates he wrote at the beginning of each section.
The love story was cute, Gerald N. Lund received his B. A. and M. S. degrees in sociology from Brigham Young University, He served for thirty five years in the Church Educational System, and he served as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy fromto, He is a prolific and bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction and is best known for his historical novels, including The Work and the Glory series, Fire of the Covenant, The Kingdom and the Crown series, and The Undaunted.
He and his late wife, Lynn, are the parents of seven children, .