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The Second Indian War
Sam Adams takes an trip to Tsegi Canyon, on the Navajo Reservation, to photograph Skeleton Mesa. TJ Benally, a Navajo teenager, decides to hold San hostage, threatening to declare war on the United States until the radioactive contamination from uranium mining is cleaned up. A funny, gentle story of people reaching out to each other for help, and finding more than they bargained for.
- GenresM M RomanceShort Stories
16 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 7, 2011
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August 10, 2013
very simply: essential.
a paean of youth, and natural beauty, and bravery.
a canticle of the pockets of grief we all walk around with inside ourselves, hidden from the world until someone reaches out a hand and touches it.
a masterpiece, then.
it's beautiful. this story is beautiful.
it's about—oh, god, so many things—and is there any heartbreak like the heartbreak of a young man, his long hair shorn, off to fight another battle he can't ever win?
and also hope.
not ever always, but this time—hope.
the last line broke me open and here's what was inside:
grief—and things i've always known, but have forgotten.
***
my editor pulled this off a shelf after reading one of my reviews of another sarah black book.
she didn't say anything. just pointed at it.
it was in a paperback copy of Hostage, but i think you can find it elsewhere via author sarah black's website.
a paean of youth, and natural beauty, and bravery.
a canticle of the pockets of grief we all walk around with inside ourselves, hidden from the world until someone reaches out a hand and touches it.
a masterpiece, then.
it's beautiful. this story is beautiful.
it's about—oh, god, so many things—and is there any heartbreak like the heartbreak of a young man, his long hair shorn, off to fight another battle he can't ever win?
and also hope.
not ever always, but this time—hope.
the last line broke me open and here's what was inside:
grief—and things i've always known, but have forgotten.
***
my editor pulled this off a shelf after reading one of my reviews of another sarah black book.
she didn't say anything. just pointed at it.
it was in a paperback copy of Hostage, but i think you can find it elsewhere via author sarah black's website.
November 9, 2021
Brief, beautiful, and haunting. ❤️❤️
August 8, 2011
An excellent heartbreaking short. It makes me want to find the path that overlooks the canyon and watch the light change over the day. I hope SB continues the stories of these characters.
January 27, 2023
A haunting little story (but in a good way). I wish there was more.
May 7, 2019
Sweet, thoughtful story that owed much more to its Navajo plot than it did to the brief flare of May-December romance. And I liked it all the better for that. One of the better Black stories; I would have liked more.
September 13, 2016
This story was beautiful... just wish there was more of it. Hopefully Black will make this a full length novel. I like these characters and am interested in learning more about them and their journey.
November 24, 2013
Super short read, but left me complete.
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