Gerald Grimmett, The Ferry Woman - A Novel of the Mountain Meadows Massacre Reviews

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I think it is a beautifully written work of
biographical fiction. A masterpiece!"
Gino Sky, Author, Appaloosa Rising
from Random House

A Wonderful Trip
through a Terrible Time
Reviewer: Margaret Williamson
from Dana Point, CA United States
This is the first book I have ever read that was written by a man and captured the mind and heart of a woman so perfectly. The story is spellbinding, and reveals the treachery that lays in the minds of men. The whole Mountain Meadow Massacre becomes real, even though the book is fiction based on reality. Mr. Grimmett's research on this sad event is evident throughout the book. I am anxiously awaiting his next book.

"Having just finished reading The Ferry Woman, I felt the need to tell you how very much I enjoyed your work. It is superb!"
Kaye Corbett
Huntington Beach, CA

I read your book cover to cover and was totally enthralled. It's difficult to read fast. I hate/love books that have so much to say that I can't skim over the pages, but have to read each word and take them in as the author intended. I am now in the mind of Emeline (Buxton) Lee and enjoyed each and every page. You have quite a skill. Keep it up.
Dexter Kaytis--Orange, CA


Along the way the reader is treated to some fine geographical description, some laconic dialogue that crackles with wit and authenticity, some not unwelcome poetic flights, some comedy, some epiphany. Of epiphany: the scene in which Emeline, alone in the wilderness with only her little Elizabeth, burns the Book of Mormon leaf by leaf, is exquisite for its poetic understatement.
Dr. Jeff Conine Author, Last Autumn, Florence, Oregon

The story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre and its aftermath demands careful telling, and, in The Ferry Woman, Gerald Grimmett makes Emeline Lee's conflict and discovery the reader's own. This account unfolds in language that can sound both absolutely original and absolutely vernacular. This author re-haunts the landscape, and reanimates the people who lived and died there.
Ford Swetnam, Author, Ghostholder's Know

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'Ferry Woman' Offers an Artist's Take on
Mountain Meadows
Sunday, March 25,
2001
by Martin Naparsteck
Special for the Tribune

The Ferry Woman, a novel of the Mountain Meadows Massacre By Gerald Grimmett;
Cold Hill Press Premiere Editions $18.95

Some truths are best revealed by the scientist, some by the historian, some by the artist. Gerald Grimmett reveals truths in The Ferry Woman that only an artist, a superb novelist, can reveal. He
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