The Legend of Thunder Moon

by Max Brand

Thunder Moon was born white. But as a boy he was captured by a mighty Cheyenne brave who needed a son, and was raised in the ways of his father's tribe. As Thunder Moon grew, he learned Cheyenne culture and sought honor through warfare and hunting to overcome the stigma of his light skin. Yet there were some traditions Thunder Moon could not accept. One of these was the self-torture of the Sun Dance, the major rite of passage to adulthood for braves. He had to find another way to prove himself worthy int the eyes of his adopted people. His chance came in a test so daring, so courageous, that no man could doubt his manhood. Thunder Moon would lead a raid against the Cheyenne's fiercest enemies, the scourge of the Plains -- the Comanches!Born white but raised in the ways of the Cheyenne, Thunder Moon proves his manhood to his people by leading a dangerous raid on the Comanches.

Genres: Westerns

Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Frederick Schiller Faust (see also Frederick Faust), aka Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, Frederick Faust, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Lee Bolt, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Dennis Lawson, M.B., Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver

Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third in the Thunder Moon series. Like the others there's a few errors which I think may have been from subsequent editing when patching up this pulp fiction into these novels. They are minor though and easily overlooked. Overall I enjoyed the tale and Brand did a great job of bringing the plains and the Cheyenne riding upon them to life.

[Edward Creter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thunder Moon was only a baby belonging to white parents when he was taken by a Cheyenne chieftain and raised to be a warrior for the Cheyenne tribe, accomplishing feats beyond even his father's wildest dreams. The book is a good adventure story, but my favorite part is when Thunder Moon and his father sit and talk about how pain makes us into better people, and that we can choose to let pain be part of our spiritual growth. Good stuff.