Tallgrass: a novel of the Great Plains

by Don Coldsmith

Master storyteller Don Coldsmith looks homeward with a song of praise to Kansas, leading readers into a 16th-century clash between the first Spanish conquistadors and the Native Americans. Through Coldsmith's powerful prose, the warriors, priests, trappers, traders, and others come alive, in "a meticulously detailed, sweeping tale . . . a colorful and clever lesson in history" ("Publishers Weekly").

Genres: Historical Fiction, Westerns, Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Don Coldsmith was an American author of primarily Western fiction. A past president of Western Writers of America, Coldsmith wrote more than 40 books, as well as and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His “Spanish Bit Saga,” a series of related novels, helped to re-define the Western novel by adopting the point of view of the Native Americans, rather than the European immigrants.

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

A rich, historical epic. More about the land and the place than the characters, which makes it kind o like a Michener novel. And I mean that as a compliment. Excellent.