San Antonio College Library

A masterful blend of inspired fiction and fact, Larry McMurtry continues the compelling saga of the Berrybender family, who made their debut in his phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Sin Killer. By Sorrow's River continues the Berrybender party's trail across the endless Great Plains of the West towards Santa Fe. At the heart of this stirring third volume is the beautiful, resilient, and stubbornly determined Tasmin Berrybender--now a mother and...

"It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, aristocratic, English, and fiercely out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up." "Accompanied by a large and varied collection of retainers, Lord and Lady Berrybender have abandoned their palatial home in England to explore the frontier and to broaden the horizons of their children, who include Tasmin, a budding young woman of grit, beauty, and determination,...