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Yellow Cat

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For anyone interested in the Apaches, the frontier West, Native-American shamanism, or the natural beauty of the Southwest, this novel is a great read! This is a tragic, visionary tale of the last great Apache uprising told as the life of Yellow Cat, an Apache warrior-shaman. An array of memorable characters lend complexity and vividness to the story. I read this book a week ago and am still visited by much of the imagery. Wow!

Simone captures the magical world view of the Native American better than any other author I know who does not romanticize the conflicts of the American West.

To begin to understand a value system and set of traditions that allowed these people to live in harmony for thousands of years causes deep reflection upon our Anglo culture.

As a scientist, Simone knows that magic will never triumph over a brute force armed with scientific knowledge and scientific technology, but he may be suggesting that it is too bad that it didn't.

...a compelling and believable story about a sad and shameful time in our American History. Mr. Simone provides a wonderful insight of Native American culture and spirituality as well an interesting set of characters to love and hate and beautiful descriptions of the southwestern landscape.

If you like a good story, with some authentic history mixed in, you'll like this book. I especially enjoyed the mystical aspect, although at first I was afraid I would have to buy in to a bunch of New Age stuff. I didn't -- it was realistic and cool. There were some powerful scenes.