Navajo Sunrise

NAVAJO SUNRISE is a deeply moving tale about finding love during the worst of times. Although the plot is anything but uplifting, it's wonderfully written and delicately told and it stirs the soul. Definitely a 5 star read!

I certainly have no respect [or remorse] for the men allowed to get away with their brutality towards the Native Americans. Hoping they all got what they deserved like Jethro McCree. Where was the Dine country? Still in New Mexico? How is Dinetah pronounced? How did Ahkeah survive their brutality without retaliation? How did Miranda Howell escape the brutality of a character like McCree who had no respect for anyone's person. Miranda has high ideals in wanting to teach the Native children but she sure had to learn to respect their culture before she could actually help them. Wonderful love story - trying hardships - very surprising that Ahkeah could overcome his hatred of the bilagaana to fall for Miranda. Miranda did a great save at the hospital. wonderful fast action - great characters - loved the history wrapped up in this story. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --?

This romance is amazing, so full of adventure that was impossible to put it down. An excellent read, with excellent plot and characters. It is also one of the best romances I've read this year. I highly recommend you to read it - It is a treasure and a page-turner !!! Actually I didn't read the book in english, I've read a copy in Portuguese (this book was translated).

I read this book thinking that it would be just ok, but it was really better than I thought it would be. Touching and sweet, its gave me a glimpse of the plight of the Navajo Native Americans that I didn't have before. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read romance novels with Native American characters, anyone interested in Navajo history, or anyone who wants a quick read.

HISTORICAL SETTING FOR NAVAHO SUNRISE BY ELIZABETH LANE...In 1863 General James Carlton ordered the removal of the Navaho, under Kit Carson, to a reservation founded by him called Bosque Redondo in eastern New Mexico. (Carson was Colonel of the New Mexico volunteers; the removal utilized a force of 600-700 men.). Carson's tactic for removing the Navaho from their land was to destroy their means of survival; sheep were killed, wells contaminated, crops destroyed, along with orchards, and anything else of use to the Navaho. This meant of course that the Navaho possessed little or nothing when they arrived at the reservation; they were helpless and utterly dependent upon the U.S. Army for sustenance. More than eight thousand Navaho were forced to walk three hundred miles to reach Bosque Redondo; those that could not keep up were shot. In May 1868 a Government delegation under Gen. William Sherman visited the reservation, and it was decided that Bosque Redondo should be abandoned and that the Navaho be allowed to return to their land; the Navaho were given food and sheep to take back with them. In 1868 a treaty was signed which outlined the new boundaries of the Navaho nation; the education of Navaho children in white schools was a condition of the treaty, as was a prohibition on the possession of arms . The 1868 treaty provided a reservation of 3.5 million acres. (Copied)---------------------------------Navaho Sunrise is the account of two love-struck lovers who are caught up in the cruelties of Bosque Redondo. Miranda Howell, the major's daughter, came from the East for a brief visit before marrying a proper gentleman. Ahkeah, a grieving Navaho leader and his orphaned daughter, came into Miranda's life. Through moments of intense danger, the Navaho and the young nurse turned Navaho schoolteacher become engaged in an intense romance that should never have taken place. Lane is able to build the love scenes into a furnace that threatens to destroy the reader's very sanity. This is one of the best love stories I have ever read. Words like drama, suspense, intense lovemaking, hatred, and understanding can only begin to describe this novel. A must read.