The Peace Chief (Robert J. Conley's Real People Series) - Softcover

Conley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806133686 ISBN 13: 9780806133683

Publisher: OUP, 2001

Synopsis

In The Peace Chief, one young Cherokee must be reborn to lead his people through the difficult early days of sixteenth-century European expansion into America. Conley tells the story of Young Puppy, a member of the Long Hair Clan who mistakenly kills his best friend, Asquani. To avoid being killed--the usual remedy for restoring balance between the two clans--Young Puppy flees to the sanctuary of Kituwah, where, after a year in exile, his offense will be forgiven. Spiritually reborn as Comes Back to Life, he becomes the ceremonial leader of his people: the Peace Chief.

 

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From the Publisher:

Praise for Robert J. Conley:

"Robert J. Conley is in the ranks of N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, James Welch, and W.P. Kinsella as an interpreter of many facets of the Native-American experience." --Joseph C. Porter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Robert J. Conley's Mountain Windsong deserves to become an American classic. Conley takes the grim facts of our 'Manifest Destiny' and makes them come alive in a novel that is beautiful and heartwarming as well as tragic." --Tony Hillerman

"As the tragic tale unfolds, the novel acquires power and resonance and the reader cannot fail to be moved by Conley's insights into Cherokee history and culture." --Publishers Weekly on Mountain Windsong

"An unforgettable adventure of love, death, and nature the entices you with each page." --Max Evans, author of The Rounders, on War Woman

"The Cherokee Nation was never more vividly brought to life than in this outstanding novel." --Jory Sherman, author of The South Platte, on Nickajack

"Conley has shaped a touching, powerful vision of Indian life past and present, of abiding love, and of a national disgrace." --Kirkus Reviews on Mountain Windsong

"A gripping, convincingly imagined historical... War Woman's life is told with page-turning verve, as Conley uses his extensive historical knowledge of Cherokee life and culture to spin a lively, informed piece of speculative history." --Publishers Weekly on War Woman

About the Author:

Robert J. Conley (1940–2014) was the author of the Real People series, The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories, Mountain Windsong, and Wil Usdi. Conley was a three-time winner of the Spur Award and was named Oklahoma Writer of the Year in 1999. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame in 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0806133686
• ISBN 13: 9780806133683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352