Now here's a book after my own heart - I'm still chuckling over it. Such an independent, feisty, realistic-minded young heroine! And of course Mark Twain was a humorist to the core. I'm sure Virginia City in the Civil War days was exactly as depicted.
The only thing that bothered me about the story was the part at the end that seems to be almost required in detective-type mysteries - where the detective and sidekick - in this case Alice Rose and Hop Sing - are caught by the bad guys and nearly murdered - actually murdered in the case of Hop Sing. Seems not quite suited to such an original tale.
The only thing that bothered me about the story was the part at the end that seems to be almost required in detective-type mysteries - where the detective and sidekick - in this case Alice Rose and Hop Sing - are caught by the bad guys and nearly murdered - actually murdered in the case of Hop Sing. Seems not quite suited to such an original tale.
A very enjoyable read. Very plausible though fiction.
Donna V.
Donna V.
