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Prairie
"Greg Tobin's PRAIRIE is a truly stunning achievement."
--Norman Zollinger, Author of Riders to Cibola
ANCIENT FOES IN A WAR WITHOUT VICTORS
For centuries, the Crane band roamed the endless prairie, battling their ancestral enemies, the Red Horn people. Then a warrior's vision reveals a chilling All tribes will be crushed by a vast army of pale devils. . . .
DEFIANT PEOPLE IN A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Three hundred years later, French fur trappers invade the land. In the slaughter that ensues, only one white man survives, a missionary who forsakes his god and country to marry a Crane woman and adopt her people's ways. But the battle will rage on. . . .
THE LAST OF THE CRANES IN A CLASH WITH DESTINY
As American soldiers establish authority over the land, bending Indian will to the white man's ways, a young, would-be shaman is the only Crane who remains. A visionary, a fighter, a man of infinite sorrow, he alone carries the fierce secrets and enduring faith of a proud people. And he will never forget.
--Norman Zollinger, Author of Riders to Cibola
ANCIENT FOES IN A WAR WITHOUT VICTORS
For centuries, the Crane band roamed the endless prairie, battling their ancestral enemies, the Red Horn people. Then a warrior's vision reveals a chilling All tribes will be crushed by a vast army of pale devils. . . .
DEFIANT PEOPLE IN A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Three hundred years later, French fur trappers invade the land. In the slaughter that ensues, only one white man survives, a missionary who forsakes his god and country to marry a Crane woman and adopt her people's ways. But the battle will rage on. . . .
THE LAST OF THE CRANES IN A CLASH WITH DESTINY
As American soldiers establish authority over the land, bending Indian will to the white man's ways, a young, would-be shaman is the only Crane who remains. A visionary, a fighter, a man of infinite sorrow, he alone carries the fierce secrets and enduring faith of a proud people. And he will never forget.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 29, 1997
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About the author
Greg Tobin
28 books7 followersGreg Tobin is the author of several books on the Catholic Church. He was the editor of The Catholic Advocate, and during the April 2005 papal transition he appeared frequently on national radio and TV programs as an expert commentator on the popes and the papal election process. His books Selecting the Pope and Holy Father were widely used as authoritative resources on the subject and were quoted in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, as well as the Associated Press. He lives in West Orange, NJ."
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August 7, 2008
This is fiction but it reads like the author did his homework, I found everything in the book to be plausible based on other non-fiction books I've read. This will give you an idea how some of the American Indian tribes were quite civilized, sophisticated, spiritual, human... anything but dirty, soulless, savage heathens. It is also heart rending seeing examples of how they might have been treated at the hands of the whites, the accounts in the book are tame compared to historical accounts that really happened. Very sad. I wonder if there is a national karma that will have to be dealt with by the country, if so then it won't be good.
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