The Holy Road

I really enjoyed this book. No, I really, REALLY enjoyed this book. The characters are so knowable, mournable, unforgettable. The stark closure of the story fits perfectly, to my taste, with the last condition of the Commanche, and was no doubt intended that way. As for Michael Blake, a great success is never without critics. I am not one of them. I look forward to the celluloid version of this book. When this movie is made with the same vision and startling delivery as its predecessor, it will no doubt be a great film. Since I was a young man, I have felt keenly and helplessly the loss of native languages, cultures, and civilizations on the American continents. May the People and the buffalo rise again.

This was an exceptional book. Once I started it I could not put it down. If you enjoyed "Dances With Wolves" you are ganna love this one.

Heart breaking, gut wrenching & like the first an absolute page turner, amazing to say the least. I was left moved & agape by this story. It truelly gives the extent of the last Indian's. Plus it was sad the way Winds in his hair, Kicking Bird slowly fell away along with Dances With Wolves compared to the first book. It was a way of live deminishing & dissapearing and not being able to stop it and of course Ten bears. All the characters that made the film so all inspiring. never the less well worth the buy & Smiles A Lot grew into such a influencial character, great work there & the story was simply amazing, true story telling at its best, remarkable even though you know what is coming to them, which makes it all the more painful. Ten out of ten one book worthy of another read!

Michael Blake continues to speak for the Native American in The Holy Road.The author continues the saga of Lieutenant John Dunbar's sojourn as he becomes a warrior determined to keep the invading white men from taking over the land of the buffalo.Wanting only to be left alone, he and his adopted tribe of Comanches struggle to live as their ancestors did for many generations. Along with being a great book to read, its interpretation of Indian life on the frontier will put this winner among the greats of Western literature. I couldn't put it down. (NOTE Since I have written novels about this period, I wonder about Quanah Parker and an Indian chief being gassed in a hotel room in Washington D.C. From my sources I was led to think that the hotel was in Fort Worth, Texas. I'd be interested in more information on this incident.)

This is an excellent book. It actually takes you back in time. It is well written. Very descriptive.