It is 1876, and Lt. Thaddeus Coyle is stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Hartsuff, Nebraska. Driven to oppose his commanding officer on a question of honor, Coyle winds up court-martialed and abandoned by his wife and family. For a time he works the mining camps in the Black Hills, becoming a partner to Tom Merritt, known as Swift Hawk on the reservation. Reconciling with his family, Coyle takes a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is assigned to advise the Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency at Wounded Knee -- where he and Swift Hawk will meet again...
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Lieutenant Thaddeus Coyle is court-martialed in 1876 for refusing to characterize a politically connected soldier's incompetence as heroic. Adding to his misery is the abandonment by his wife, Emma, who has decided frontier life is too difficult. Forced to start over, Coyle ends up working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and after his promotion to Wounded Knee in the Dakota Territory, he encounters the ghost-dance phenomenon that inspires Indian warriors to believe they are impervious to bullets. Champlin re-creates the often painful, sometimes heartbreaking life of western settlers in the late nineteenth century. Although this novel tends to meander at times and lacks a strong narrative pull, the characters are memorable and the historical detail compelling. Not Champlin's best work, but genre fans will find plenty to engage them. Wes Lukowsky
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Better than any Lamour book I've read.,
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This review is from: A Trail to Wounded Knee (Mass Market Paperback)
A great story from start to finish. Terrific central characters with excellent plotlines
and suspense. If you never read any westerns before this is a good place to start. Champlin is a master, and a real surprise.
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