Sacred Is The Wind

by Kerry Newcomb

The war betweeen the white man and the Cheyenne was over then the killing began ...

Exiled from his Northern tribe, sent to the Southern Cheyenne as they were leaving their ancestral ways behind, Panther Burn saw his people becoming slaves, and knew he had found a war... Scarred by an Indian ambush, Jubal Bragg led a vicious frontier militia, and knew, when he saw the wild, bare-chested Panther Burn ride into Castle Rock, that killing was at hand.

A lie, an act of violence, and then a senseless slaughter turn Panther Burn into a renegade and Bragg into a murderer. Now, between two men and two cultures, the last epic struggle of the frontier has begun. And when it is over, a generation later, a story of courage, passion, love and tragedy will haunt the Western wind forever.

Sacred is the Wind

...is Kerry Newcomb's masterful saga based on real events from 1865 to 1895-the story of lives lived and lost at a bloody turning point in the history of a land.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Native American, Historical

353 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Kerry Newcomb was raised in Texas. He has served in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and taught at the St. Labre Mission School on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Mr. Newcomb has written plays, film scripts, commercials, liturgical dramas, and over thirty novels under both his own name and a variety of pseudonyms. He lives with his family in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Reviews

[Mike Bradford · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

As part Cherokee
I really followed the path of the warrior in this book. The author does a fantastic job of making the book realistic and a great story. Love the wave the characters are placed into the story and the Indian lore
Highly recommend this book

[Catqueen · Rating 1 out of 5]

This seems wildly historically inaccurate. Calling god the All Father? We’re talking Cheyenne peoples here, not Norse. The writing was so stilted that it was hard to even figure out what was going on. Lots of practices and customs that also seemed wrong.

[Autumn Watrous · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book I’ve ever read. Can read it repeatedly

[George Strohmeyer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too spotty

I really thought this was a terrible told story. The author covered to much . the descriptive parts were ok but just an awful book.

[Shawn Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good , again a story based on real chacters , the cover is beautful not the same as the paperback i read , this cover is perfect for a true story

[Alex Holiday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good read.