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A fictionalized account, as seen through the eyes of a woman known as Whirlwind, of life with the Oglala Sioux from 1820 through the aftermath of the victory at the Little Bighorn in 1877.

A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the bravest defenders of his people.

Harper, an orphan raised by the Oglala Sioux, has to make a decision. Does he join the army and fight the Indians, or die slowly on a Louisiana work farm?

saloon proprietor Vin Lockhart is known throughout Denver as a respectable businessman. He also has a reputation for quickness on the draw--a skill sure to come in handy when his old Oglala friends solicit his aid. It seems treacherous whites are once again intent on pushing the Oglaglas from their already diminished lands. A man of honor through and through, Vin commits himself to their fight. But in these rough and tumble times, even the best gunslinger...

Captured by the Cheyennes, two Oglala Sioux boys escape through a blizzard and are saved by a grizzly bear.

Marking a hiatus from Cries from the Earth and Lay the Mountains Low volumes one and two of a projected trilogy based on the Nez Perc War of 1877 this 16th western in the author's long-running Plainsmen series recounts Crazy Horse's surrender to the U.S. Army at Camp Robinson, Neb. Here the western historian diligently attempts to set straight the diverse and highly questionable account of the shameful events leading up to Crazy Horse's mortal...

Physician Valentine T. McGillycuddy, singled out for his experience among the Sioux McGillycuddy attended Crazy Horse on his deathbed, the 30-year-old doctor accepts a surprise appointment to replace the government's corrupt Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

An old man tells the story of his days as a surgeon with the army, fighting Indians, and of his friendship with Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief, whom he treated in the last days of his life. By the author of Equinox.