Buffalo Coat

by Carol Ryrie Brink

Book Overview

Originally published in 1944, Buffalo Coat spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The first adult novel written by acclaimed Idaho writer Carol Ryrie Brink, winner of the Newbery Award for the outstanding book of children's literature in 1936, Buffalo Coat has become a classic of Northwest literature. It tells the tale of three doctors who came to Opportunity (Moscow), Idaho, in the 1890s seeking success...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874220955
• ISBN13: 9780874220957
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Buffalo Coat

If you enjoy skillfully-crafted character studies, this is the perfect book for you. You will fall in love with the town and people depicted in this excellent read. My only disappointment with this book was that it ended. I found myself missing the characters and wishing I had lived then and could have known them in person. My daughter actually introduced me to the book when it was on her required reading list for an English class when she was in high school. It is a book worth having in your collection to read over and over again every few years. When you read it again, it's like meeting up with an old friend who you haven't seen in years, but can converse with like you had never been apart.

Wonderful story of life and longing, set in the rugged West

Captivating book that grabs you on the first page and doesn't let you go! Realistic tales of love and loss that hit close to home. Wonderful when read with her autobiographical collection of essays "Chain of Hands".