Seminole

White Indian #12

by Donald Clayton Porter

To avenge the murder of his father and the kidnapping of his beloved, Renno plunges into the swampy forests of Florida to confront his treacherous enemy, a renegade soldier, and a tribe of Seminoles.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Westerns, Fiction

343 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

The Colonization of America series was renamed to The White Indian Series with Book V, Renno.

1914-1988.
Noel B. Gerson
aka
Anne Marie Burgess, Samuel Edwards, Leon Phillips, Donald Clayton Porter, Dana Fuller Ross (with James Reasoner)

Reviews

[Mister Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eh, it's a hokey read, one that requires you to suspend belief, and if you can accept that; it will make this read pretty enjoyable if the whole cowboys/Indian thing is stilling residing in your gray matter. The prose moves at a rapid pace with plenty of bloodshed (like plenty of scalping--even a castration),and a great deal of characterizations--some that teeter quite close to stereotypes. The dialogue is trite. It's the whole "noble savage" and American colonists thing. Hey, I loved it. I need to read more books in this series.

[Ryan Burt · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a 2 month period I went through the first dozen of this series. I remember enjoying it in high school and they have collected dust on the shelf since. Every time I looked at them I thought I should read them again but not having an electronic version hampered my desire. I finally got back into the world of the Seneca tribe when the pilgrims first came to this country. Following multipal generations of this family is enjoyable. Held up pretty good.

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 3 out of 5]

The White Indian Series should have been a good series. It is set in colonial America and has a great protagonist, but Porter is such a lousy writer that he detracts from, rather than adds to, the series. His dialogue is stilted and not at all believable. To bad; I was prepared to really like this.