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An Uncommon Enemy

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Great read! This book really pulls you in, couldn't put it down! The story line captured my imagination, and I learned quite a bit of history along the way. I have suggested this book to several of my friends and gotten good feedback from them as well.

Michelle Black has written a fine novel about a woman caught between two worlds, Indian and white. The heroine refuses to compromise her humanity, her charity, or her love, and as a result finds herself in trouble with the cavalry, and especially General Custer. This is a marvelous depiction of military ambition so ruthless that it overrides all decency, and a good woman's response to it. I found myself caught up in a drama that throws light upon the Indian Wars, and the politics surrounding them. Michelle Black will win a wide readership.

Michelle Black has penned an absorbing and rich novel of the Indian wars, focusing especially on General Custer's obsessive quest for glory, which soon trumps truth and decency. The heroine of this story is a woman of innate decency, who refuses to compromise herself, her ideals, or her fate, no matter what pressures are applied to her. This is an outstanding and deeply moving novel about courage, honesty, and a woman's charity toward others.

Michelle Black has told a tragic story in such depth, the reader is able to understand if not sympathize with those involved in the last struggle of the Northern Cheyenne to return to their home rather than be imprisoned on a reservation in Oklahoma. Her characters are so realistic we can't help but follow them on their journeys. This is a good read for the lovers of history and the lovers of a great story.Arkansas Meals & Memories: Lift Your Eyes to the Mountains

I've always been interested in the clash of culture between the white and Indian races and I found this story to be an absorbing account of the battle of the Washita and the effect on a woman captive. On Nov. 27, 1868 near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, arrogance and the notion that one race is superior to another wiped out Chief Black Kettle's village of people without warning and with disregard for promises made to them. Custer, who led the 7th Calvary into this disgraceful battle, is painted in this story as ambitious, arrogant, and cruel. After the killing of the people, the army slaughtered the Indian's horses, burned their lodges, destroyed all food and winter supplies and captured 53 women and children. This story also tells of a white woman captive who suffered horribly at the hands of her Indian captor, was rescued by another Indian and his wives and taken in to become a loved member of their household. Recognized as a white woman, at the battle of the Washita, she is then "rescued" against her will and brought back into white society. It's an interesting story and I enjoyed it. It was also the very first story I read using my Kindle. Eunice Boeve, author of Ride a Shadowed Trail.