Bison herds are dwindling on the Kansas prairie. Logan Fletcher, a
young faith healer from Kentucky, labors as a skinner on a buffalo
hunting crew, waiting for the taming of the plains and the chance
to spread the Word to the coming immigrants.
On the reservation near Fort Sill, the U.S. government withholds
food in retaliation for Comanche and Kiowa depredation in Texas.
Cuts Something, an aging Comanche war chief, returns to his old
home on the Pease River to revive his badger medicine. His quest is
rewarded, and he leads his demoralized band back to the bison-rich
Texas Panhandle.
Logan's crew abandons the Kansas bone field and heads into the
Panhandle, where the brutal plains life erodes his idealism and
raises questions he is ill prepared to answer.
The inevitable confrontation of two men -- each from an
arrogant, expansionist culture -- draws in an assortment of
characters cast of the harsh land itself and just as gripping: Bob
Durham, the former slave, whose skill as a plainsman saves Logan's
crew time and again; Ezra Higginbotham, the hunter whose
determination to exploit the last of the southern bison herd
imperils everyone around him; Elizabeth Keltner, the young woman
who survives cholera and capture by Kiowas, then gives Logan reason
to live; and Abraham, the giant Tonkawa scout who eats the flesh of
his enemies and endures unspeakable torture to lead the army to
Cuts Something's band.
The final clash tests the depths of Cuts Something's resolve and
compels Logan to confront the racism, brutality, and moral paradox
of the American frontier in all its complexities.
General
| Imprint: |
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2002 |
| First published: |
September 2002 |
| Authors: |
Henry Chappell
|
| Dimensions: |
223 x 173 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-89672-494-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Westerns
|
| LSN: |
0-89672-494-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780896724945 |
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