Conquering Horse (The Gregg Press Western Fiction Series) [Hardcover]

Frederick Manfred (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1980 | ISBN-10: 0839825900 | ISBN-13: 978-0839825906

In an action-packed story set in the West before the arrival of white settlers, a young Sioux grows to manhood and faces a terrifying test of his courage and a heartbreaking choice. Reissue. NYT.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Mr. Manfred''s novel carries the feel of open country, of grass and wind, sun and rain, moonlight and starlight. . . . It is harshly real."—New York Herald Tribune

(New York Herald Tribune )

"Manfred has woven a wondrously complex story of a young Sioux warrior''s search for the inner core of manhood''s dignity—the ability to live with oneself."—San Francisco Chronicle

(San Francisco Chronicle )

"As exciting and rewarding and dramatic as the country it describes."—Chicago Sunday Tribune. "Here is Indian lore, humor, customs, daily life, religion, identification with nature—and superb endurance in full detail, color, and under-standing. Strenuous—and satisfying."—Kirkus Reviews

(Kirkus Reviews )

"His narrative has in it both the kick of actual life and the power of vision. . . . a fine and attractive story."—New York Times

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About the Author

Delbert E. Wylder is a professor of English at Murray State University and author of Popular Westerns (1974), Emerson Hough (1981), and many articles on Western American literature.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 355 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (December 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0839825900
• ISBN-13: 978-0839825906
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,132,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The start of a great saga, June 1, 2008

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This review is from: Conquering Horse (Buckskin Man) (Paperback)

Frederick Manfred is one of the great lost American writers, and "Conquering Horse" is the beginning of the five-novel cycle (the "Buckskin Man" tales) at the core of his achievement. This novel takes place among the Sioux in the early 1800s, before white settlers started appearing in the region Manfred dubbed "Siouxland." Subsequent titles take in the Mountain Man era ("Lord Grizzly"), the horrifying violence of the 1862 Sioux Uprising ("Scarlet Plume"), the havoc wrought by gold miners in the 1870s ("King of Spades"), and the final transformation of the West in the image of Old World values ("Riders of Judgment") with a new century coming into view. Manfred is a superbly evocative writer, and taken as a whole the five novels (which were published out of sequence) create a unified picture of the Old West that is harsh and unsentimental, yet filled with grandeur and extraordinary writing.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was spellbound with anticipation of the outcome., June 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Conquering Horse (Buckskin Man) (Paperback)

I have always been interested in the old west. The various customs of the Native Americans and the ways that the minds of prior generations worked in their own times. I have always had a love of horses and this novel certainly kept my attention. This book is only one of the Buckskin Man Series. They are all excellent. They have an order in which they should be read to be most effective because of the dates. If I can remember the order they are as follows. 1. Conquering Horse. 2. Lord Grizzley 3. Riders of Judgement 4. Jack of Spades 5. Scarlet Plum I was not disappointed in one of these. Frederick Manfred also wrote under the name of Fredrica. I do however, have a few of his books that I do not like. His home was in Minnesota and the area that he writes about in all these novels is the five state area around Minnesota.