Joanne, I read your book "Dear Cheyenne" after losing our son. I couldn't put the book down until I was finished! I don't think that any words could express how much your book has helped me! I have read many other books, but yours was the one that made an impact on me! It made me realize that I wasn't alone and that my feelings were very normal. It was ok for me to cry all of the time. But most importantly, it showed me that i do not ever have to let our son be forgotten. There are so many things that I can do to keep his memory alive. I would reccomend this book to anyone that has to go through this horrible situation. I can not express enough how much this book can help you. It is a must read. Jaonne will grab your heart and make you realize that you are going to be ok.

Joanne writes her book from the depths of her heart, she feels so much love for her child and can vebalize it the way all beareved parents would like to be able to. I truely don't think I've ever read a book that touched my heart and soul as Dear Cheyenne did.While very hard to read thru my tears,I really didn't ever want to get to the end of it .I hope Joanne keeps giving all of us the support she has shown us in her writings,We need more wonderful people as she to help us go thru our grief. Thank you joanne!!!!!

The book is healing for those of us grieving the loss of our child; I wish I could also give it to everyone close to us to help them understand. The journal entries honestly, emotionally express the feelings that continue long after the seasons have changed or younger children have joined the family. This book is for anyone who needs to know what they're feeling is normal, and it is for anyone who is struggling to understand what a daughter, sister, friend is living through following a loss like this.

"Dear Cheyenne" is an extremely helpful book for anyone who has suffered the unspeakable loss of a child, or knows someone who has. Joanne Cacciatore touches the deep, hidden places of pain and grief, and leaves parents with a true message of hope and love, reminding them they are not alone in this sad journey. After the loss of our daughter, Emily, I read this book twice and gave it to several people close to me. Truly a wonderful tribute to Cheyenne and all the children "who lived, who died and who continue-even in death-to matter."

"Dear Cheyenne: A Journey into Grief, 5th Edition" was the most helpful and comforting book I have read since the death of our baby girl. It validated for me that how I felt was very real and normal after the loss of a child. I realized that as a bereaved parent, I was not alone. I had our family read this book so they would know better how to support us during this time of great sadness and loss in our lives. This book will truly allow you to see through the eyes of a bereaved parent.

I read this book on a flight from Arizona to Mexico City. I just couldn't put it down!!! I've read it frequently after that.

Having read many book for bereaved parents, I have found that "Dear Cheyenne" is one of the best.

Joanne has the gift of putting into words all of the feelings most bereaved have. I am honored to know her personally and to know sweet Chey through her mother's writing and love for her. If you are a bereaved parent this book is a must, it will help through the grief journey.

Throughout the book, we see the 'baby' transform from a clear spirit to one taking on fears of the world. She struggles with many of the same things we 'people types' do but at the same time is able to have such a clear picture of what the struggle is about. We see 'answers' come to mother and child via a guardian angel and as the book professes, there is an angel for all of us to bounce questions off of. It was fascinating to see the 'baby' fight for control of her body - not against someone else but against thoughts. It brings us all to question what are we truly fighting in our own lives. Lastly, a beautiful picture is painted of the doorway leading into and out of life. A very believable presentation of how there is more and we are not alone in this journey.

It took me a while to digest this book as each piece touched me deeply. Every woman who has children or is thinking of having children will benefit from it. Every person who has wondered why things are in life will be reminded how to view life through the love we had when we first began.

This book is a beautiful, meaningful gift for us all. Mary Grace McManus tells of experiences that illuminate the meaning of love and the wonder of life. As I read about Cheyenne and Mary Grace growing together, I gained key insight into my own growth. One of my favorite quotes from Cheyenne is: "This is what our connection is all about, remaining open to each other's experiences and relying upon the strength of Love so we can help each other beyond our fears and through our unknown." I cherish this book and read it often. It is an intimate walk down a path of questions, answers, comforting embraces and most of all, understanding that love is THE life giving force. The best part of the book is that instead of ending, it opened doors for me and gave me a hand to hold as I find my path and make my journey through life. Thank you Mary Grace, Cheyenne, and Beauty.

Mangum, the Superintendent of the Little Big Horn (LBH) battlefield writes a portrayal of the Crook's campaign against the Sioux that culminates in the Battle of the Rosebud 8 days prior to Custer's attack. Since the LBH is roughly 30 miles southeast of the LBH, Mangum is extraordinarily familiar with the battlefield that still looks like it did 134 years ago. The book covers Crook's earlier March campaign where he was first in the field which peaked at a failed attempt to destroy a predominately Cheyenne village which also included some Sioux on the Powder. Crook again restarts in June with almost 200 Shoshone and Crow allies. As Mangum expertly retells the battle, Crook is surprised while encamped leisurely along Rosebud Creek on June 17. Mangum notes that Crook was similarly surprised also with great consequences in the battle of Cedar Creek in 1864 where he was surprised by Jubal Early. In the description of the battle, Mangum points out that if it wasn't for the Shoshone and Crow who spotted the Sioux and Cheyenne first relatively distant from camp while also absorbing the initial attack, Crook's command may have been destroyed. The allies gave Crook's troopers a chance to prepare for the attack. Crook's forces, which included mule mounted infantry and miners, stemmed the attack but as Mangum points out, the Sioux seemed to come at Crook from three sides from the high ground to the north. After Crook seems to control the battle, Colonel Royall with his calvary battalion rolls up the Indian right so successfully, his enthusiasm isolates himself from Crook allowing the Sioux and Cheyenne to consolidate against him requiring a furious battle of retrograde movements causing the most severe casualties of Crook's forces. Mangum states that Crook was in peril with Royall's potential collapse because Crook sent off another battalion to the Indian's left in search of their village that was not in the immediate area as perceived. Only the recall of Mills saves the day but the Sioux and Cheyenne have initiated enough casualties and psychological harm to cause Crook to retire and take over a month to retrofit his command. I was at the Rosebud site in 1999 and had I read Mangum's book with the terrain maps, my tour would have been far more beneficial. The battlefield today is a State park and the modest valley that Crook stopped in on June 17 looks is framed with high hills and interesting landmarks like Conical Hill. This is a great book about a key battle that indicated that the Sioux and Cheyenne were agressive in defending their village which was overlooked by all of Sheridan's generals. This battle besmirched Crook's otherwise great post Civil War career.

Between the confusion typical of any engagement and the scarcity of surviving testimony, it may be that no definitive account of any Euro-American vs. American Indian battle can ever be produced. However, Neil Mangum has produced a through, balanced, and convincing book that is as close as any such work may ever come to being authoritative.

This is by far the most intriguing and accurate book I have read concerning the Rosebud. Neil Mangum's writing is accurate and a complete joy to read.

It goes quickly.It's an historical romance but the author doesn't try to be an historian (unlike some others). The pacing is good, the main characters likeable and believable. Both the hero and the heroine have older brothers so there's room for a sequel for their own stories. There might be a little too much sex for some but since the main characters are stuck together for 75% of the book its not far-fetched.My only complaint is that the heroine was supposedly taught English by a French missionary yet both she and her brother speak perfect English without any trace of accent (or so it seems). Considering how good the story is though, you probably won't even notice it.

MY GOSH THIS BOOK WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT OTHER THAN MY EDUCATION AND MY COMPUTER. IT HAD ME GRIPPED FROM START TO FINISH. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN EVEN TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. IT WAS THAT GOOD LIKE A BAG OF CHIPS, A CAN OF COKE AND A SNICKERS BAR. THERE WAS A LOT OF SUSPENSE, ROMANCE. ALL I ACN SAY IS READ THIS BOOK YOU WON'T BE SORRY. BUT MISS GIDEON WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO WILLIAM PRENTICE'S STORY. ALL YOUR FANS ARE STILL WAITING. HOPEFULLY HIS STORY WILL BE OF THE SAME COLOR BLIND LOVE AS FOX AND LUKE.

I've read this book again and again and it never gets dull.The two main characters are alone for 75% of the book so there isgood character development and both the bad guy and the cultural diffrences are no great threat.A light, frothy fun read.Except for the Indian maiden/ rich white rancher thing the author could just have easily put these two in the present day.

I'm not much for history as it is taught in our schools, but this book is great. It is a perfect blend of history, present day (in the form of the author's trip), and thoughts and stories from the author's personal life.

I recommend this tome to anyone that likes travel stories. Especially if you dont know, or want to know more about, the Cheyenne Exodus. Expensive, but worth the money.

This is a magical walk through a dark time in American History...Alan's own experiences are so materfully intertwined with history on this voyage, the past truly comes alive as you feel every step and face every fear. With each step, with every encounter along the way, you can feel the ghosts of the Cheyenne people walking in your own shadow. Make no mistake, HOLDING STONE HANDS is a Masterpiece...you'll feel the pain of endless walking, the anger for what the Cheyenne people were forced to endure, and the sorrow for the pointless death as they tried to make their way to the only land they would ever call home.

This is a story of heartache and strength, of hope and struggle...it is the story of a man's love of the land and a people's fight to keep their homeland. Boye is a gifted and talented writer whose words flow as he leads us from page to page, back into the past and then gently into the present. He is a writer that truly cares about his story and the people that inhabit it. He opens his heart and the words come tumbling out. A wonderful MUST READ for all nature lovers and history buffs.

Wayne Sarf's Little Bighorn Campaign is a clearly written and accurate account of the famous battle of 1876. Its other great virtue is balance. Sarf presents all aspects of this complex event in a fair and readable manner, a "must read" for anyone interested in the Littler Bighorn Campaign.

Here's where to start if you want to read just one book on the Summer Campaign of 1876 against the "off-reservation" plains indians. This paperback from 2000 is a reprint, with a few minor corrections of misprints, of the 1993 hardback edition. The only actual new text is the "preface to the revised edition," dated May 1999.

Sarf's approach is even-handed, and he has a real eye for telling details and for vivid quotes from participants and eyewitnesses. Boxes set apart from the main text give needed detail and background, particularly on individuals participating. A great deal of exotic color is provided by the various indians who rode with both sides in the conflict. For example, riding with General Crooke were The Other Magpie, a beautiful female warrior, and Finds Them And Kills Them, a transvestite who dressed and lived as a woman except during battles! You don't encounter soldiers of that calibre in most military histories!

The Summer Campaign of 1876 is distinguished by the almost staggering military incompetence displayed by the U.S. Army leaders. Apart from Custer, who generally seemed to know what he was up to, and the canny Nelson Miles, virtually every commander in the field seemed to be clueless, cowardly, vacillating, and in a couple of cases (Gibbon comes to mind at once) apparently paralyzed by mental illness.

Well-written and extremely readable. If you have ever wondered how Custer really got into that very bad fix, this is the best place to start your quest for understanding, and Sarf also offers a good annotated list for further reading.

Wayne Sarf has researched all the master historians in the past and present to provide a fascinating well written history and objective book on the LBH and Sioux Campaign. The book tells the complete history of the campaign from its inception to its finale, Custer's and the Sioux's as a free people. Sarf quotes both the participants concerning their actions in the campaign as well as perspectives of major historians. He also offers his own views based on the historical record and logic. An important example is his evidence and commentary concerning General Terry's June 26th rendezvouz which is pure fiction and self serving. As Sarf well proves, Custer acted judiciously and appropriately based on the information, circumstances and the expectations provided to him in synch with all the military commanders . Unfortunately for him, the circumstances changed once he was committed to the attack. Wonderful perspectives including side bars on the military participants, weapons and Native Americans. Also includes a readers guide for additional reading including critiques and some cheeky comments.

Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, when written, was 20 years ahead of its time. What we now take for granted, i.e., US govt (read: white) anhilation of native Americans, Berger presented to us from another perspective: the Indians'. I was about 12 years old when the movie came out and can still remember how it was much discussed at the time. Make no mistake - for all the wit and humor in this story, it is a very serious subject and for its time was very powerful. Imagine the days not so long ago when George Armstrong Custer was a national hero. This book caused rethinking and revision of white treatment of Indians and Indian culture. Mr Berger's use of a fictional character inserted into historical events was a masterful tool. The humor that our narrator, Jack Crabb, uses to get his point across is infectious, his downhome wisdom sage, and his tender heart touching. For those who enjoyed Mr. Crabb's saga, do not miss his return (Return of Little Big Man), as well as another mockumentary character, Harry Flashman, and his historical adventures, courtesy of George McDonald Fraser.

A plodding first chapter by the fictional author of a fictional biography, is necessary because it prepares us for the story of Jack Crabb, Little Big Man. With the second chapter the hilarity begins (with some lapses in the regional speech). There is a minimum of a laugh per page. The tragedy is a man caught between two cultures. He admires the Cheyenne, his adoptive people, but is carrying so much baggage from his original upbringing that he feels shame and guilt. Consequently he belongs to neither. He is a man lost to both as circumstance moves him back and forth between them. The book is culturally, but not historically accurate. Still I believe it ranks with the best American fiction.

Long before Micheal Blake's politically correct tome "Dances With Wolves" gave voice to other side of the American West, Thomas Berger wrote the expertly crafted, humourous, tragic and down right entertaining "Little Big Man". Written in 1965, when it was still fashionable to portray the Native American as a "in the way savage", Berger deftly blended the genres of tall tale and history in a manner that really has yet to be matched.

The character of Jack Crabb is cut of classic cloth. His story may very well be pure hogwash, but it is filled with touching humanity that underpins all the comedy. Berger portrays The Cheyenne people, or the "Human Beings" as possessing many of the same foibles and warts as their European counterparts. They are not painted as noble savages as in Blake's new agey work, but rather as complex characters deserving of respect and honor.

Berger's General Custer is a wry study of madness that somehow avoids cynicism. One of this book's many virtues lies in its ability to lend the Western myth a critical eye, while avoiding the nihilistic pessimism that frequently goes hand in hand with such work (something the film version couldn't avoid).

"Little Big Man" is a must read to all who love good yarns spun with a big heart and a bigger mind.

Cheyenne Song was hard to put down! The mix of excitement, romance and historical fact mixed with fiction made this novel an excellent read! I've read other Gentry books, and this was one of her better efforts. The character's relationships to each other were very complex, and not the cookie-cutter people you sometimes encounter in romance novels. Highly recommended!

I got the large print copy of this book and liked the cover of that book better.
I liked the fact that the heroine was not your typical one. She was a dark-haired woman, over thirty, strong, independent, and had a job. Glory, aka Proud One, was the type of woman that makes reading these type of books worth it.
Two Arrows was a good hero. Even though he's an alcholic whose been through a lot in his life. He and Glory gets a second chance through their love for each other.
I have a strong interest in the Native American culture yet I don't read too many NA romance books because I don't like the way the NA's are betrayed. This book gave me insight to what Native Americans went through and a glimpse at their history.
Two complaints that I have is that the author used the word "sword" to describe the male parts and I thought she could have found a better word than that. I also felt the author could have written an epilogue instead of rushing the ending.
The love scenes were good and was more about love than trying to be erotic. On a whole, I would recommend this book, I think you will enjoy it.

Cheyenne Song is by far one of Georgina's best. I could not put this book down. I read this book in two days and went back and read it again. This one and Cheyenne Splender They are pack with history and romance. I liked these two books so much that I am now collecting all of her books.

I rated this book 4 stars for the incredible amount of information regarding the time period revolving around the massacre. Any fan of western history or native american history should read this book. The only thing about the book that I did not like was that it appeared that the author continuoulsy gave reasons of provocation on Colonel Chivington's actions against Black Kettle and his people who were trying to live in harmony with the settlers and the army. Im not saying the author is a Chivington apologist by any means and did a great job with the facts, but maybe my own contempt and feelings toward Chivington and Anthony got in the way. There are many contributing factors to what happened but the bottom line is Chivington hated the Indians and wanted them dead. I recommend the book....especially if you live or plan to travel the eastern Colorado area.

The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the most heinous acts to ever be committed against the American Indian culture. This is an atrocity that has been quietly tucked away in the back of the American consciousness and I feel that Stan Hoig has done it justice by bringing it to light in this wonderfully revealing book. Mr. Hoig pulls no punches in his expose (as the government and military pulled no punches in their attempts to annihilate an entire race of people) and I must applaud him for his efforts. Parts of this book will bring your eyes to tear, others will redden your face with anger, and others will numb your mind with horror at the brutal acts of murder and mutilation that were committed in the name of greed and hatred. This is a book that should be required reading for all Americans so that they may understand just whose blood this country was built upon. Never have I read a historical account so compelling. White Antelope, my brother, I hope that the truth of this book helps you to rest in peace!!

I have been a student of Native American history for more years than I care to remember, and each time I finish reading a book on the subject I ask myself the same question.Why ? This book unfortunately reflects all others on the subject, for the white mans GREED. Of course with hindsight, we all agree it should not have happend, certainly Sand Creek should not have happened, hindsight or no, Hoig has written a really moving epitaph to the Cheyenne Nation, and whilst history may be written by the victors,there will always be people searching, and often finding the truth, sure the Indian may not have been perfect, but nor were the white europeans who were prepared to annihilate whole cultures in their greed for land, gold etc. A well written book which any student of Native American culture should not be without.