The Girl from Fort Wicked: A Novel

by Dee Brown

Captain Wescott tracks Yaneka Snell and his renegade band, who have murdured Wescott's fiancee and now menace Julie, a sassy trader's daughter who has some of Snell's booty

Genres: Fiction, Westerns, American History

230 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 1988

About the author

AKA: Dee Alexander Brown

Dorris Alexander “Dee” Brown (1908–2002) was a celebrated author of both fiction and nonfiction, whose classic study Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is widely credited with exposing the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes to a world audience.

Brown was born in Louisiana and grew up in Arkansas. He worked as a reporter and a printer before enrolling at Arkansas State Teachers College, where he met his future wife, Sally Stroud. He later earned two degrees in library science, and worked as a librarian while beginning his career as a writer. He went on to research and write more than thirty books, often centered on frontier history or overlooked moments of the Civil War. Brown continued writing until his death in 2002.

Reviews

[Phyllis H. Pajka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was a pretty good book. No places that dragged and it kept you interested to the end. But then I love westerns.

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's no Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, but Dee Brown provides another look at the American West and the breaking of Native culture through the reservation system. Well-written, but lacking a bit in strength of story. I didn't really get to know the characters and what motivated them.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good writing. Probably historically accurate. Interesting plot. But didn't really grab me or pull me along.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

not sure why i gave this 3 stars instead of 2. perhaps because of a couple of the characters, not the story, that is for sure. knew the ending after 50 pages in. this author, i will read again.

[Bob Cantrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exciting story

Dee Brown has a way of telling a story that will grab you until it ends. This story has some interesting characters in it that you will in some cases like a lot and in other cases can't wait to read of their end. I was pulled in from the beginning and wanted a good ending to an exciting story. Also there were a couple of bad men in this story, but they paid for their crimes. My only problem with this story was I wanted more of it.

[Sharon Zink · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good western featuring soldiers, Indians, and a pretty girl.

[June H. White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read with the Calvery, Indians, romance, greed, and action.

[Jeanette Hurrelbrink · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story about love. Greed and struggles between Indians .and the soldiers who were supposed to protect

[WNvXXT · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm liking his novels more and more.

[Sandi Dickenson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy read. Kept my interest.