John Brent (Annotated)

Theodore Winthrop's John Brent is a vigorous frontier romance that transforms the antebellum American West into a landscape of moral testing, physical daring, and national possibility. Centered on pursuit, disguise, loyalty, and the almost mythic horse Don Fulano, the novel blends melodramatic adventure with sharply observed travel writing. Its energetic prose, picturesque scenery, and chivalric c...