Praise for Trail of Feathers
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“Robert Rivard’s engaging, compassionate story goes beyond True's death to include the vast, beautiful and troubling world of Mexico itself.”
--Publisher’s Weekly (click here for full review)
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"...feels like a Latin-American Bleak House, where truth and justice seem incidental..."
--Kirkus Reviews (click here for full review)
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"...quietly heroic.."
--The New York Times (click here for full review)
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"an exemplary work of literary journalism..."
--John Phillip Santos, National Book Award Finalist and author of Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation (click here for full review)
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"a clear-headed, riveting book that deserves comparison with Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, another unforgettable portrait of a tragic pilgrim."
--Stephen Harrigan, author of The Gates of the Alamo
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"a powerful, important story, filled with intrigue, insights, fascinating characters and high drama. It's a potent, revealing non-fiction book that reads like a novel. This is a haunting, riveting work as timely as tomorrow's headlines."
--Dan Rather, 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor for CBS News
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"an absolutely riveting tale of an American journalist's brutal murder and his colleagues' relentless search for justice in the ferociously rugged Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. There is something of Deliverance here. The story is that horrifying, that compelling. And this story is true.
--Christopher Dickey, Newsweek correspondent and author of Summer of Deliverance
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"..a far more intimate true-crime book than the market has seen in many years..."
--Ron Franscell, Under the News (click here for full review)
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"...a bold and heartbreaking book..."
--Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle (click here for full review)
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"...more than a tale of true crime. Rivard delves into the psyche of a man, a time, a country, and an indigenous people in a straightforward yet spellbinding narrative. It's a mesmerizing story."
--Barbara Hoagland, The King's English, Salt Lake City, UT
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"...For all collections."
--Library Journal
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