Widowed and captured during the 1862 clash between the Sioux and white settlers, Judith Raveling finds salvation with Scarlet Plume, the sympathetic nephew of a powerful Sioux chieftain. Reissue. NYT.
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"Scarlet Plume will remain in one''s mind for a long time because his character is so indelibly fixed. This is a compelling story, powerfully written by an experienced craftsman familiar with Indian customs."—Library Journal
(Library Journal )"[Manfred''s] novel stands with Hal Borland''s When the Legends Die, Mari Sandoz''s Cheyenne Autumn, and Oliver La Farge''s Laughing Boy."—Marshall Sprague, New York Times Book Review
(Marshall Sprague New York Times Book Review )
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most believable Indian massacre I ever read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Scarlet Plume (Buckskin Man) (Paperback)
Although the time prohibited a romance between an American Indian and a white woman, the author made the concept believable and sympathetic. Well written with graphic descriptions. A real page-turner.
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Violence and Sex,
By madbee (Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scarlet Plume (Buckskin Man Tales) (Paperback)
This historical novel centers on the relationship between white settlers in the West and Indians during the period of the Civil War. The book opens with a horrific massacre. Manfred is extremely descriptive of the violence and, if once was not enough, he returns to it again and again throughout the book.
The opening massacre, and the behavior of various individuals, shapes the story. Scarlet Plume emerges as a one-dimensional heroic character; the one good Indian trying to help Judith, the beautiful white woman, who has been kidnapped by his tribe. The plot weakens the novel. Judith, who escapes from her slavery with the Indians, longing for her home in Minnesota, ends up romanticizing about the tribe's good qualities and disdainful of her white race. During her journey away from them, she even dresses in settler's clothing she finds in an abandoned cabin, missing her home and all its "civilized" furnishings. Judith's change occurs because of her relationship Scarlet Plume. Just as Manfred was obsessed with the violence, he seems equally obsessed with describing Scarlet Plume's "phallus" which turns up throughout the book. By the end we are to believe that Judith has forgotten all the horrors and losses she witnessed (and escaped from) and wants to return and live as a squaw.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Page Turner,
By "barb312" (Jordan, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scarlet Plume (Buckskin Man) (Paperback)
This was without a doubt the best book I've ever read. I could not put this book down and read it in one day. The book is very descriptive and well written. I highly recommend this book.
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