Lakota

by G. Clifton Wisler

Overview

A moving coming-of-age story from the perspective of a young Indian boy who must navigate adolescence, fight for the honor and lands of the Lakota people, and ultimately help guide his people through the difficult transition to a new way of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590772638
Publisher:	M. Evans & Company
Publication date:	03/30/2014
Series:	An Evans Novel of the West
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.22(w) x 7.49(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

G. Clifton Wisler is a Spur award winning author of over 60 westerns including Boswell’s Luck and Pinto Lowery. He spent many years as a teacher before becoming a full time writer. He was a lifelong Texas resident.

Editorial Reviews

Written sympathetically from the point of view of the Indians, this western follows the life of Tacante, a Lakota (Sioux) warrior. Born in 1848, Tacante grows up amid increasing conflict with white soldiers and settlers. He joins Crazy Horse, takes part in a number of raids and battles (including Little Big Horn) and, at 30, feels he has entered a premature, demoralized old-age: most of his friends and relatives dead, tribal land stolen, bison decimated. Wisler ( The Return of Caulfield Blake ) packs plenty of subplots into this short novel, and while the action centers mainly on war with the white man, there are also detailed descriptions of hunts, inter-tribal warfare, friendship and coming-of-age rituals and social mores. But though the narrative is nicely paced and plotted, Wisler's stilted, hokey prose deflates a potentially interesting effort. (June)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Tacante, a Lakota (Teton Sioux), spends his early years learning the traditional tribal life filled with reverence for nature and the Lakota religion, and warring against the Crow and Snake tribes. But these intertribal clashes are insignificant when compared to the carnage which follows the end of the Civil War. The wasicuns (white men) enroach into the sacred Black Hills, an area set aside by treaty for the Lakota. Tacante and his people attempt to defend their land. The defeats of General Crook, Captain Fetterman, and ``Long Hair'' Custer are seen through Tacante's war-weary eyes. Wisler's ( The Return of Caulfield Blake , LJ 2/1/88) excellent book is an altogether sympathetic and believable view of a people pushed aside by the white men's duplicity and the sheer weight of numbers. Highly recommended for public libraries and historical fiction collections.-- Robert Jordan, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City

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