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It was a time of bloody confrontation between the white man and the red man, a time when the pioneers of a new nation were pushing out across the Great Plains and yet the powerful spirits of an ancient mystical religion still held sway over the Indians. In this troubled, dangerous time, there is a man who has the privilege - and the curse - of belonging to both worlds. He is Gray Cloud, a disciple of the ageing shaman Owl Carver. A handsome young half-breed, he is chosen by the Great Turtle to become the mystical leader of the Sauk people...and summoned by his French-born aristocratic father to inherit the vast estate of Victoire. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Says almost nothing about Sauk and Fox culture or concepts outside of basic animism, and some songs that are precious -- woven into the story wonderfully.
As Historical Fiction, fine display of spirit of the actual events -- Black Hawk Wars fought just prior to the Civil War.
Some of the incidental action -- the inerrant accuracy of Greenglove's marksmanship even at night when he is drunk and shooting without preparation or time to "draw" the proverbial bead at a figure fleeing across broken ground, for example -- are not plausible. The author seems to have no personal understanding of woodlore, craft mastery, no feel for what woman actually do, no sense of the import of human consciousness.
But the plot is enriched with the color inherent in the French Lord's emigration to Illini Indian lands, with feuding sons, race hatreds, and an almost Homeric vision of the futility/inevitability of warfare. Perhaps ironically, the "hero" Shaman never actually kills anyone.... ( )