2nd book I read from the collection "of American lands" publisher Albin Michel of the second and great work. M I was already learned with Eric Puchner Model of Family but my son's totally delighted. Same family over several decades. Incredible destinies mingle rise and fall. A strong desire to cross the times heads high, build financial and property empire breathtaking rides through vast wilderness, endless fights, texans, Indian, Mexican, black slaves is c .... the entire American story that is told in this fabulous novel. Philipp Meyer has an effective pen that does not let you for a sole and involves you in the dust of the Old West. Effective novelist, Philipp Meyer received the Pulitzer Prize for this fabulous tale of adventures ... n it nevertheless deserved.