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Sun Dance
Frank Chesney leads a group of soldiers into Comanche territory to rescue a kidnapped white woman.
- GenresWesterns
189 pages, Hardcover
First published December 12, 1986
About the author
Fred Grove
51 books9 followersFred Grove (born Frederick Herridge (July 4, 1913 – September 2008) was a Native American author and winner of five prestigious "Spur Awards" from Western Writers of America for his western novels.
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August 4, 2013
Another decent Western, decently plotted [like most books in the genre, the hero wins the girl and they all live happily after, but that is not a real spoiler]. The main character is a little different from most, he respects Indians [as opposed the his opponent, who does not] which makes his suspect in cavalry post he scouts for.
Those things aside it was a fun quick read.
There are a few odd things, it surprised me that a Delaware would be scouting for the army in the SW, but upon looking it up, some did.
A couple of questions:
Would a miner turned scout really use rods instead of feet?
'I used to detest his, now I hate him." Is there really a ranking of that emotion with detest being weaker than hate?
Would the minor turned scout really use tuckus.
Maybe they would, Fred Groves should know. Upon reading a bit about Grove, he was in a position to know. His father was working cowboy in western Kansas, New Mexico and Texas, even going on cattle drives. His mother was Native American, Osage-Sioux. His maternal great-grandfather was a guide for Francis Parkman on his plains trip.
Those things aside it was a fun quick read.
There are a few odd things, it surprised me that a Delaware would be scouting for the army in the SW, but upon looking it up, some did.
A couple of questions:
Would a miner turned scout really use rods instead of feet?
'I used to detest his, now I hate him." Is there really a ranking of that emotion with detest being weaker than hate?
Would the minor turned scout really use tuckus.
Maybe they would, Fred Groves should know. Upon reading a bit about Grove, he was in a position to know. His father was working cowboy in western Kansas, New Mexico and Texas, even going on cattle drives. His mother was Native American, Osage-Sioux. His maternal great-grandfather was a guide for Francis Parkman on his plains trip.
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