War Cry

White Indian #7

by Donald Clayton Porter

A call to battle and a woman's arms - a bold rebel challenges his legacy and his nation.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Westerns, Fiction, Historical Romance

327 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

The Colonization of America series was renamed to The White Indian Series with Book V, Renno.

1914-1988.
Noel B. Gerson
aka
Anne Marie Burgess, Samuel Edwards, Leon Phillips, Donald Clayton Porter, Dana Fuller Ross (with James Reasoner)

Reviews

[JG (Introverted Reader) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Renno's grandson, Ghonkaba, is now a warrior who has a hard time accepting his leaders' decisions as absolute law. He questions the alliance the Iroquois have made with the English at a time when the English need all the help they can get.

This really should have been one of the stronger books in this series. Ghonkaba is not perfect. Far from it. He still has almost-supernatural abilities, but he has a lot of room for personal growth. Renno and Ja-gonh were already perfect and there was no character growth. But the areas where Ghonkaba needs to learn a few things just drove me crazy. He's very intolerant of those who are different than him. As the son of a white man and a Seneca woman, that doesn't make any sense. He thinks all white people are alike. He's intolerant of those who don't share his physical abilities. In short, he comes across as a jerk.

I did like that this book finally got around to showing some of the tension that had to have been present between the colonists and the Native Americans from the beginning. In the other books, they were practically one big happy family. There are finally signs of strain in this installment.

My biggest problem was that War Cry came across as filler. It seemed like the author was tired of writing so much about Renno and Ja-gonh and wanted to move on to the American Revolution. But he knew he needed to establish another strong character. So he threw this book in for the heck of it. There were a few conflicts that were set up but never addressed. It's obvious that they will be at least part of the focus of the next book.

If you've read and liked the rest of the series, you'll probably like this one. But I wouldn't recommend starting out of order with this one.

[J.L. Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this entire series far more times than I might possibly count, much like a dear old friend, I simply cannot bear not visiting with him and "catching up," time and time again.

Donald Clayton Porter started this masterful series and in my opinion; when in later storylines he characters fade somewhat as Mr. Porter continually pushed out new editions it seemed to dilute the perspective of the original mind-set. In all honestly, after #10 I begin to lose interest and the it just feels to be too much along the lines of pure pulp media and like he is banging away at the keyboards strictly for the sake of monetary gain. I am not an idiot, of course that is why he writes in the first place, but the lineage simply cannot compare with Renno, the "White Indian."

Don't misunderstand me, I still own them all and love them dearly, it is just that I have read 1-10 probably a dozen and a half times each, the rs read just the once.

[Ryan Burt · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a 2 month period I went through the first dozen of this series. I remember enjoying it in high school and they have collected dust on the shelf since. Every time I looked at them I thought I should read them again but not having an electronic version hampered my desire. I finally got back into the world of the Seneca tribe when the pilgrims first came to this country. Following multipal generations of this family is enjoyable. Held up pretty good.

[David Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

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