I have read all of the 22 cheyene books out, at first I felt they were , shall I say childish in their discriptive language. Then they seemed to draw me in, and I felt what Touch the sky felt. I wondered at times why He just didn't up and kill his enemies, but even tho it still irratates me, I am glad now that he didn't, I now look forward to how he will out smart them. I must admit that I will feel a loss when the series is complete and He stands supreme. Terry T.

Greene is a very knowlegeable historian of the Sioux Wars. In this work, he has edited and commented upon reports of Officers and others who were participants in this monumental struggle between the Sioux and their Cheyenne allies and the White soldiers of the frontier army. A great book to assist the historian in understanding the hardships of a winter campaign against hostiles on the northern plains.

As a judo player, I enjoyed reading the sections detailing Campbell's judo days. It's worth having on those reasons alone.

In what was advertised as O'Donnell's first novel, "Blood On The Republican" was entertaining though a bit short in length. As a native Nebraskan living in Kansas, I found the geographic setting superbly detailed and the historical background rich in detail. I also found the main character, Lute North or "Little Chief," to be interesting and engaging. My only disappointment was the final confrontation between the book's two main adversaries - it was a bit anti-climatic. I also would have liked to see an Afterword containing the author's comments on the actual history behind the book.
Overall, I found this book carrying me away to the plains in search of hostile Cheyennes. I hope the author continues the adventures of Lute North!

The story begins with Laura's husband offering his wife to another man as payment for his gambling losses. He ends up paying with his life. Laura Cheney is a gently-bred lady with spunk. She's went through labor alone and she's penniless. While she digging for water, her son is kidnapped by the man who won her in a bet. Though she has no money, Laura is desperate and goes into town. She finds Deke Sheridan, a white man raised by Indians. After an illuminating conversation, he agrees to help her. I really liked this couple. Deke was harsh, but only because of his past and the surroundings he lived in. CA slowly gets Deke to respect Laura's determination (riding a horse after giving birth only three days prior, continuing on the trail while ill) and her feistiness. He also saves her life by telling his brother that she's his wife, much to Laura's dismay, but she learns their ways and comes to respect Deke's adopted family. As a mother, I felt for Laura when she realized her son was missing, and I could empathize with her wanted to find him so desperately. Deke was a heartthrob, too. He's not very educated in the intellectual sense, and his mouth is foul sometimes, but he did know a lot about human nature. Laura's steel-tempered gentility slowly cracks the shell that has become Deke's shield for so long.

This is the last book of the three about Jason Coles. In my openion it is the best of the three. Jason is asked to bring back Abigail Langsforth, a female reporter to has gone to try and find Sitting Bull's camp. Jason finds her, but loses her to another group of indians, then to two white men. He has quite a time trying to get her back. This book has a lot of action between Jason and the Indians. You can feel his helplessness in the latter part of the book as the Indians surrond him. As its the last of the series you know how it is going to end, but does it end that way?????? The ending is great, have to read to find out what it is. If you decide to read this series skip Black Eagle, it is nearly a repeat of Stone Hand. but read one of them and then this one.

CAPTURED TREASURE...
Anna and Nathan were too much in love to notice when the dark, brooding stranger slipped into camp and stole Anna's sacred Cheyenne medicine pouch. But when the bronzed and brazen interloper forced Anna to ride away with him, the lovely Cheyenne woman swore that no man would touch her until she found her way back to her beloved Nathan. Only Nathan would ever embrace her yearning body, caress her raven hair, and stir the deep chords of passion's melody in her loyal, loving heart.

RECAPTURED PLEASURE...
Nathan needed the sacred medicine. He was still burning up with the cholera that had killed his parents, Trenton and Aeneva. Somehow, he must regain his strength and bring back his kidnapped bride-to-be before the marauding stranger touched her silken flesh. Nathan vowed that he would travel to the very ends of the earth to reclaim his lovely Anna, for his fever's heat was nothing compared to his steamy, searing need for Anna's ultimate embrace, her sweet CHEYENNE SURRENDER!

i really enjoyed reading chopin's private papers -

although what we have left of chopin's personal documets are minimal, this book contains all of it.

still, we can continue to infer and speculate on her life. chopin can be seen as a young and budding woman while she schooled at the sacred heart. and, then travel with her on her eye-opening honeymoon to europe.

this book lends us a more closer look at one of the great female writers of the 19th century.

Max Band, penname of Frederick "Heinie" Faust, wrote over 500 books in his career, and it is amazing how much of this landslide of material is still highly enjoyable. THE LEGEND OF THUNDER MOON is the first in Brand's series of stories about a white boy adopted by Native Americans who becomes part of their culture and then faces the pressure of being caught between the settlers and his adopted family. At the time this was published, in 1927, this was daring and unusual material. Brand's sympathetic but not pandering treatement of the Cheyenne still holds up well today.

This first book focuses on Thunder Moon's growth and his life with the tribe, and his fight against his fear of undergoing the painful Sun-Ceremony while he tries to prove his worth at a warrior. He comes into contact with whites for the first time, but the book is mainly about his life with the Cheyenne. Brand shows remarkable knowledge of plains Indian life and delves deeply into it. This is one of the books most enjoyable aspects, and again, was unusual at the time. But, as usual for a Brand book, there is plenty of action and excitment.

This volume also contains an insightful introduction by Edgar L. Chapman that looks at Brand's attachment to the Native American way of life and gives an overview of the sometimes complicated publishing history of the Thunder Moon saga.

If you wish to follow more of Thunder Moon's adventures, the story continues in RED WIND AND THUNDER MOON.

I found this a very good book to pass the time.The events in this book seemed to be well though out. The author went from one scene to another which kept you on your toes.The character touch the sky,seem a little bit like superman the way he was able to go from one place to another without beening badly hurt. And on the other hand you had to feel for the children.