Man Without Medicine: A Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series) - Hardcover

Haseloff, Cynthia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786206640 ISBN 13: 9780786206643

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Daha-hen's name in Kiowa means Man Without Medicine. Before his people were forced to follow the peace road and live on a reservation, Daha-hen was one of the great Kiowa warriors of the plains, fabled for his talent as a horse thief. But now Daha-hen is 53 and lives quietly on the edge of the reservation raising horses. When unscrupulous white men run off with his herd, the former horse thief finds himself in pursuit of his own horses and ready to make war against the men who took them. Accompanying him on his quest is Thomas Young Man, a young outcast of the Kiowa people. Can Daha-hen teach his young student Thomas enough to enable them both to survive their trek - and the fatal confrontation that waits at the end of it?

About this title

About the Author:

Cynthia Haselhoff was born in Vernon, Texas, and named after Cynthia Ann Parker, perhaps the best-known of 19th Century white female Indian captives. The history and legends of the West were part of her upbringing in Arkansas. Haselhoff once said, I love the West, perhaps not all of its reality, for much of it was cruel and hard, but certainly its dream and hope The Chains of Sarai Stone is her sixth frontier novel.

From Publishers Weekly:

Actual historical events form the basis of this engaging western. Daha-den, the eponymous "Man Without Medicine," had eschewed his calling of holy man and instead become one of the great warriors of his Kiowa tribe. That, however, was long ago. Now his people have been confined to a reservation in Oklahoma, and Daha-den tries to cling to as many of the old ways as possible under these drastically changed circumstances. When a shifty gambler sets up Daha-den and his fellow Natives and steals their horses, the old warrior sets out to recover his property and defend his rights. At his side is Thomas Young Man, a "dapom" or outcast adopted by Daha-den. As the pair pursue the thieves and as the story spirals toward its inevitably violent resolution, the old one will teach the youth what it means to be a Kiowa warrior, to fight for their people and a fading glory. In this brisk, if not necessarily uplifting, read, Haseloff (The Chains of Sarai Stone) leavens her poignant tale with factual information about the Kiowas, their beliefs and their reduced life in the late 19th century.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0786206640
• ISBN 13: 9780786206643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236