The railroad's drive to close the great distances of the wild American West was marked by treachery, violence, and betrayal. Profiteers would let nothing stand in their way, while Indians fought to prevent the threatening march of progress. John Ryan was hired to troubleshoot for the railroad and grew to admire the Indian way of life. Soon he would be forced to choose between the old and the new, progress and tradition, and between a passionate white woman and a Cherokee maiden.
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The frontier is more recent in my home state of Oklahoma and Matt Braun portrays it realistically. He shows the Cherokee to be as complex as they are diverse. Braun also presents a poignant picture of their struggle to maintain sovereignty in the land promised them so long as "the waters run." There are vivid, three dimensional characters here: fictional as well as historical. The latter include General Sherman, Elias Boudinot, William Ross and Stand Watie. The love story between the protagonist and the lovely Cherokee woman, Elizabeth Ross, has enough conflict to make it believable. And the odds and ends of historical trivia are interesting. I had not known, for example, that Vinita, Oklahoma was named for a white sculptress in Washington, the mistress of Elias Boudinot. Nor had I heard the fascinating story of the old Chickasaw, Ben Colbert--even though I once played near the railroad bridge that rendered his famous ferry obsolete. This is a good read for anyone; for the Western history aficionado, it is indispensable. My only complaint is the graphic nature of Braun's many gun battles. The blood splattered excrement is, perhaps a little too vivid for my taste.
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