Prairie - Softcover

Tobin, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345389468 ISBN 13: 9780345389466

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1997

Synopsis

"Greg Tobin's PRAIRIE is a truly stunning achievement."
--Norman Zollinger, Author of Riders to Cibola

ANCIENT FOES IN A WAR WITHOUT VICTORS

For centuries, the Crane band roamed the endless prairie, battling their ancestral enemies, the Red Horn people. Then a warrior's vision reveals a chilling prophecy: All tribes will be crushed by a vast army of pale devils. . . .

DEFIANT PEOPLE IN A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

Three hundred years later, French fur trappers invade the land. In the slaughter that ensues, only one white man survives, a missionary who forsakes his god and country to marry a Crane woman and adopt her people's ways. But the battle will rage on. . . .

THE LAST OF THE CRANES IN A CLASH WITH DESTINY

As American soldiers establish authority over the land, bending Indian will to the white man's ways, a young, would-be shaman is the only Crane who remains. A visionary, a fighter, a man of infinite sorrow, he alone carries the fierce secrets and enduring faith of a proud people. And he will never forget.

About this title

About the Author

Greg Tobin grew up in Independence, Missouri, near Fort Osage and the Platte-Missouri confluence where much of PRAIRIE takes place. He attended Grinnell College and graduated from Yale University. He is the author of a dozen novels about the American West and currently works in New York City as editor-in-chief of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He lives in Orange County, New Jersey, with his family.

From the Inside Flap

obin's PRAIRIE is a truly stunning achievement."<br>--Norman Zollinger, Author of Riders to Cibola<br><br>ANCIENT FOES IN A WAR WITHOUT VICTORS<br><br>For centuries, the Crane band roamed the endless prairie, battling their ancestral enemies, the Red Horn people. Then a warrior's vision reveals a chilling prophecy: All tribes will be crushed by a vast army of pale devils. . . . <br><br>DEFIANT PEOPLE IN A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL<br><br>Three hundred years later, French fur trappers invade the land. In the slaughter that ensues, only one white man survives, a missionary who forsakes his god and country to marry a Crane woman and adopt her people's ways. But the battle will rage on. . . . <br><br>THE LAST OF THE CRANES IN A CLASH WITH DESTINY<br><br>As American soldiers establish authority over the land, bending Indian will to the white man's ways, a young, would-be shaman is the only Crane who remains. A visionary, a fighter, a man of infinite sorrow, he alone car

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345389468
• ISBN 13: 9780345389466
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368