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    Sundance

    Written by David Fuller

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

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    Legend has it that bank robber Harry Longbaugh and his partner Robert Parker were killed in a shootout in Bolivia. That was the supposed end of the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Sundance tells a different story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Longbaugh is very much alive, though serving in a Wyoming prison under an alias. When he is released in 1913, Longbaugh reenters a changed world. What hasn't changed are Longbaugh's ingenuity, his deadly aim, and his and his love for his wife, Etta Place. Determined to find her, Longbaugh follows her trail to New York City. Confounded by the city's immensity, energy, chaos, and crowds, Longbaugh finds himself in a tense game of cat and mouse, racing against time before the legend of the Sundance Kid catches up to destroy him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateFeb 10, 2015
    ISBN9781633796621
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    • 4/5
      Sundance by David Fuller is a novel built around the premise that the Sundance Kid didn’t go to Bolivia with Butch Cassidy, instead he was arrested under an assumed name and spent 12 years in the state prison in Wyoming. It’s now 1913 and Harry Longbaugh is released into a very different world than the one he left. He is introduced to motor cars and electricity, worker’s unions and women marching for the vote. His first and only thought is to find his wife whom he hasn’t heard from in two years when her letters stopped. Doggedly following her trail, he finds himself in New York City.Sundance is a clever and highly entertaining story of a man trying to find where he belongs while searching for the woman who holds his heart. He realizes that Etta has somehow gotten herself in trouble with the Black Hand gang and is leaving him obscure clues to help him find her. The author has delivered a great story and I couldn’t help but picture an older, rugged Robert Redford as Harry Longbaugh. The character is written much the way I imagine the Sundance Kid would be and the author did a fine job of staying true to the character and the time period. An interesting fact to ponder is that while we are told that the real Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid died in Bolivia, when they opened the grave marked with their names in 1991, only one body was discovered and DNA analysis proved it was neither of the famous outlaws. So the legend lives on.
    • 4/5
      A "what if?" exploration of the Sundance Kid--like other readers I came in with some reservations, but the story is convincing and well-researched, and the mysterious Etta Place comes to life in a vivid way. The place of the Western outlaw in a rapidly changing world really does make for a great tale.
    • 4/5
      Sundance was not killed with Butch Cassidy in Central America. No, he was jailed in Wyoming under another name. This story is about the years after his prison release and his search in New York City for Etta Place. Before reading this fictional story, I was biased against the tale. But it is well written and an interesting read; probably contains just about as much truth as many of the books written about Butch and Sundance.
    • 2/5
      I have been totally unable to get into this book. Sundance seems to be extremely tentative in this book. I realize that he's been in jail, so is out of touch with the world (and this was a time of great change), but he's just too wishy-washy for me. And, what I've learned of Etta in the little of the book I've read makes me wonder why anyone would be looking for her. It's not a bad book, per se, just not for me.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book. It's a captivating thought that maybe the Kid didn't die in Bolivia. I found the Kid's wife to be an interesting character - I wish there would have been some chapters from her perspective. I think the author could have developed her character a little more - I would have liked to learn more about a woman who really stood up for what she believed in while facing all the adversity of the time.I appreciated the interactions The Kid had with Butch Cassidy, but kind of wish there would have been more development there, too.Long story short, I really liked this book. In fact, I liked it so much that I wanted it to be developed more.
    • 3/5
      I admittedly know little about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Perhaps I would have been more enthralled with this book if that wasn't the case. I really wanted to like it, but found myself uninterested in Harry Longbaugh (aka The Kid) and his search for his wife. Again, since I know very little about the actual Kid, perhaps this is remarkably true-to-life (or as much as we can gather from people who existed a century ago). But I found Longbaugh unlikeable and not compelling as a protagonist. At points, most admittedly in dialogue, he seemed to be trying to be clever, but I just found the tone annoying. Additionally, there were points where dialogue continued for too long without any modifiers, and I found myself losing track of who was speaking.Really, in the end, I just didn't really care what happened to any of the characters. Which is not how I want to be feeling at the end of a book.It was worth reading, and the story was fine, but it was a lot less interesting of a story than I was expecting to read about an alternate history of an outlaw who found a second life, rather than dying in Bolivia as everyone thought.
    • 5/5
      Loved it! The story asks the question what if the Sundance Kid never perished in South America and was holed up in jail under an alias for the last twelve years yearning for his wife Etta. When he does get out he is attacked by the son of a former Sherriff, is forced to defend himself and ends up back on the run from the law. At the same time he is searching for his wife who has left a trail of clues to New York. The author has done a magnificent job of setting the scene, we are taken from the Wild West across the country to a new New York City that is coming in to its own. Horses and automobiles coexist, and electricity is quite prevalent. The details are exquisite and I felt like I was walking the streets of New York with Harry Longbaugh. Excellent in every way. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      Quite a historical fiction feat for Fuller as he imagines what would happen if Robert Parker (Butch Cassidy) and Harry Alonzo (Sundance Kid) actually did NOT die in a Bolivian shootout. Alonzo is released from prison and goes on a hunt for his wife, Etta, whilst running from those who still want to capture him. The novel is suspenseful and well-written, and it's a refreshing change to have a protagonist that is likeable even admist all his foibles. However, towards the latter quarter of the novel, the action does start to get confusing and repetitive, and I found myself flipping faster just to get the story over with.
    • 4/5
      The author brought the Sundance Kid to life in this alternate version of his story where he did not die in Bolivia but lived on. a great blend of historical fact and fiction. Suspenseful and captivating. Recommend to all who like historical fiction or the Sundance kid.
    • 4/5
      Having read and reviewed David Fuller's prior novel titled "Sweetsmoke" I was very pleased to be given the opportunity to review this, his second novel. For the most part I was not disappointed. The idea of "The Sundance Kid" roaming the streets of New York was a great stretch of the imagination. The conventional concept of The Kid is that of a cowboy, guns, boots, horses and hats. David Fuller leads us into mentally placing him in a city. Not just any city but New York city, imagining this scene was great fun. There are a great many historical characters included in this tale and if I have any complaints at all about this novel it would be that sometimes the coincidences seemed forced. Other than that Mr. Fuller wrote an entertaining book. This book could probably be loosely called a historical novel, the characters and events are taken from historical events however, it reads more like a mystery/love story. Mr. Fuller's characters are interesting and he tells his tale without loose ends. There is something kind of mind boggling about the historical timing of this story. The city of New York and the Wild West, all motivating at the same time. We are immersed in what most readers like best......a tall tale told well. David Fuller is an author whose novels I would not hesitate to read.
    • 4/5
      So who knew that the Sundance Kid did not die in a blaze of glory in South America? if you are like me, you grew up on the legend, watched the movie, and knew about the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Mr. Fuller has brought the legend to life and breathed new life into it!!! I enjoyed reading about the various adventures that Sundance goes through in his search for his wife. Would have enjoyed a few more gun battles, but guess that the Sundance Kid is a little long in the tooth for this! Great Book, fast read. Everyone should add this to the beach bag for a couple of days on the beach!!
    • 4/5
      The Wild West held a fascination for many and no one filled the bill better than the adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. David Fuller takes us to a possible scenerio - what if they didn't die in Bolivia but lived? Harry Longbaugh gets out of prison after doing his time under another name and begins his search for his wife. After a rough start Harry will do his best to follow the clues that lead him to New York City looking for Etta. What better place for Harry to see the brave new world than the wild city in 1913. The city where Teddy Roosevelt is head of the police, the scene of the horrific shirt waist factory fire and where the teeming masses from Europe are rising up and creating havoc. He will become embroiled in a nasty plot, keeping one step ahead of the law and meet up with some old friends. Even with the huge leap in settings from the Wild West to New York, Harry's quiet but deadly manner works. David Fuller does an excellent job of introducing us to this Wild East - where one man is determined to find the love of his life and hope that she still feels the same way about him. Thanks to LibraryThing Early Reviewers for allowing me to read this book early.
    • 2/5
      I love westerns. That is why I was excited to read this book when I got a copy back when it was released. I started reading this book and got to about chapter 6 and then I had started to lose interest in the book. So I put is down which has ended up for about a year unread since that moment I put the book down. In an effort to try to dwindle my to be read pile and read some of my older books, I picked this book up again. I did not go back and re-read the first 5 chapters. I just started reading where I left off. After about reading 4 more chapters, I realized that while the background location, Etta, and Harry were fine, I had no real interest in anything that was really happening in the story. Plus, I found that the story seemed to drag on for long periods of time. I finally skipped ahead to the last chapter to see how the story ended. Which the ending was not bad.
    • 4/5
      I loved the possibility that this story raised. What a great idea! The ending was also a great surprise. Well done.
    • 4/5
      Butch Cassidy (Robert Parker) and the Sundance Kid (Harry Longbaugh) are still part of popular culture in the 21st century primarily because of the Robert Redford/Paul Newman movie made about the pair several decades ago. That movie proved to be as durable as it was popular at the time of its release and, fact or fiction, it is all that most people know about them today.David Fuller's "Sundance: A Novel" expands on the story told in the movie by considering the belief that Butch and Sundance may not have died in Bolivia when cornered there by the Bolivian military (as portrayed in the movie). In Fuller's scenario, Sundance was in prison under an assumed name at the time of his supposed death, and by the time he was released, he had lost touch with the love of his life, Etta Place. This is the story of the former outlaw's desperate search for his wife, a search that will bring him to the New York City of 1913, a teeming, wide-open city like he has never seen. Now all he has to do his find his wife before those who want to see her dead find her first."Sundance" is a highly atmospheric novel that blends fact and fiction in a way that makes it a believable "what-if" story. New York City is as alien to Sundance as it is to readers of the novel experiencing it through modern eyes a full century later. But, along with Sundance, we grow accustomed to the world in which Etta has hidden herself, and we are happy to go along for the ride. It is a blend of historical fact and characters with well-developed fictional characters and a plot that will keep most readers turning pages.I suspect that some readers will enjoy the first part of the book that takes place in the West more than they will Sundance's search through the streets of New York. But don't let the movie scare you away from this one; Sundance makes quite a New York cowboy, on who is generally at least one step ahead of the big city boys trying to find him.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite films as a teenager was "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." I watched it so many times that I still have large sections of the dialogue memorized, so I was drawn to David Fuller's novel like the proverbial moth. Once I began reading, I fell headlong into the story. Watching Longbaugh make his first halting acquaintance to the new world around him felt true to his character and true to the period. As he tries to find Etta in the land he knows so well, he has time to ponder many things. Has he truly paid for all the crimes he's committed? What about the men in the gang who were never caught-- do they still have a debt to pay, or are they the better men for having not been imprisoned? He's also surprised that Etta has gone off to live her own life; in his mind she's like a fly suspended in amber, waiting for his return.New York City intensifies the feeling of being displaced in time. Here crowds protest working conditions, and women are fighting for the vote, and it doesn't take him long to realize how much danger he's in while he searches for his wife because strong-minded Etta has made some enemies.Sundance is a novel that satisfies on many levels. Although it's nowhere close to being an imitation of William Goldman's screenplay, Longbaugh will feel familiar to anyone who knows the 1969 film. It succeeds as a Western, particularly in the beginning just after Longbaugh is released from prison. It certainly succeeds in the mystery and adventure departments as he searches for Etta, and it is also quite the love story. Moreover, Sundance succeeds as the story of a man who finds that-- although he has so much life experience-- he still needs to seek his place in the world. David Fuller immersed me so completely in Harry Longbaugh's world, that it was a wrench for me to leave it.
    • 4/5
      David Fuller's "Sundance" is a thoroughly delightful read. You quickly develop an empathy with Harry Longbaugh and his search for his missing wife Etta while enjoying the spirited interplay with the characters he encounters as his search takes him through the old west and then to New York. During the search, Fuller injects bits of history that give substance to the era without taking away from the storyline. The dialogue is quick and sharp - think Robert B Parker at his best with Cole and Hutch in "Appaloosa" - and the relationships he builds are the kind we all would like to have, warm and trustworthy.I would have liked to have spent more time with Sundance in the west, but that is often the way of things when a novel is so good you don't want it to end.Four and 1/2 stars and I will look forward to more work from Mr. Fuller.
    • 4/5
      Most everyone knows that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a shootout in Boliva. But what if Sundance escaped? This is the premise of this novel. Harry Longbaugh (aka Sundance) was not killed in South America and under an assumed name was in prison for twelve years. After being released he searches for his wife Etta Place who is no longer at the boarding house, nor waiting for him any longer. He gets approached by a kid who knows who he is and wants a shootout. This naïve boy is killed and Sundance is on the run again. This time to NYC to search for Emma.But the world is a different place now and Sundance is out of place in the hustle and bustle of the turn of the century city.I thought this fictional account was portrayed with such attention to detail that I almost believed it could be true. What imagination the author has to build quite a fascinating work of fiction. II found it to be truly remarkable.
    • 5/5
      Sundance by David FullerMy review will be totally biased since my most favorite movie of all time is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. When I saw Sundance as an option on the LibraryThings, Early Reviewers list I wanted it! I am so glad I received this book. I am not sure if David Fuller was trying to capture the same feel as the movie or not but he nailed it. In every short, precise statement Harry utters I could see and hear Robert Redford as “The Kid”. After finishing the book last night I read where Mr. Fuller is a screenwriter, well no wonder I saw each and every person, scene and dialog as a movie! I WANT this to be a movie and I need Brad Pitt to be Harry. He is the only actor I can see pulling off this part. For those of you who have not seen the movie and have nothing to base this character on but history may find faults with the book and were expecting something different but I am going out on a limb and giving this 5 stars because of the cinematic experience it gave me and the fact that he made so many memories of my favorite scenes came flooding back to me after so many years. I fell in love with “The Kid” all over again.Very enjoyable read, Thank you David Fuller!
    • 2/5
      Some reviewers and book promoters are describing the plot of "Sundance" along the lines of "The Sundance Kid is released from a Wyoming prison in 1913 and goes to New York City to find his missing wife". But that only describes the first 47 pages. To those 22 words above should be added "....and then....", followed by a long laundry list of people and events that just become too much, way too much. How about The Triangle fire, the NYC Armory Art Exhibition, personages such as Teddy Roosevelt, bomb throwers, marriage counseling, the Mafia, World War I. I'm leaving out a few, which may or may not be spoilers. "Sundance" in my opinion, is a classic example of trying to do too much in one book, very few subtleties here. And, of course, at one point, the Kid must get from here to there to save a fair maiden on a big night in NYC with the streets all congested with new fangled autos, trolleys, carts - what might be his transport??? Yes, you got it - haven't we seen that in a movie or two. The only thing this book seems to be missing is the Rough Riders. Despite all the ingredients above, there were a number of points where the book just dragged for me. Toward the finish I just wanted it to end. Perhaps one factor was all the clues about the final showdown. And I wasn't really crazy about the prose. Too much witty banter; it felt anachronistic. A big disappointment, I was really looking forward to this book.