num_pages: 317
description: Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy and ne'er-do-well Briggs to escort them east to safety
language: English
title: The Homesman
titlecomplete: The Homesman
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Westerns, Mental Health, Media Tie In, Drama, Adult, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 3911
places: Nebraska, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Novel of the West
publisher: Signet