The Indian Agent
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A healer with a conscience and a mission, Valentine McGillycuddy has lived among the Lakota Sioux -- mending their wounds, delivering their children -- and had once called the great warrior chief Crazy Horse "friend." Now, with his frail, beautiful wife by his side, the doctor is heading to Pine Ridge, the newly renamed reservation in the Dakota Territories, to act as the government's Indian agent. But the Black Hills are a powder keg with a short, burning fuse -- and Pine Ridge a cauldron of greed, deadly pride, lethal politics, and treachery that could destroy a man of principles. And suddenly McGillycuddy's dream of saving a people is in grave peril of being blown apart by an ill wind of misfortune and missed chances -- a gale that is carrying him toward a date with terrible destiny on a killing ground called Wounded Knee.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:006082381X
ISBN13:9780060823818
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:HarperTorch
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.38 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"
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The Indian Agent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This excellent historical novel about the clash of cultures as the expanding United States dealt with the Sioux is well written and is best read after first reading "The Contract Surgeon" by the same author. Although it is a wonderful account on it's own, it is a continuation of the story started in "The Contract Surgeon", which is just as well done as "The Indian Agent". The two books together are a treat for anyone interested in the Crazy Horse era and the Sioux Indians but other than the history, these are interesting, enjoyable novels for anyone who likes to read good books.
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