It had been over forty years since Richard Lamb left the privileged life in Massachusetts for the rugged wholesome ways of Montana. He built up a thriving trading post — an isolated fort that he shared with his Indian wife and their grown daughters, as well as their daughters’ husbands and in-laws.
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For anyone who likes to hate characters this novel provides two ready-made onesCaptain Joe Partridge and his brother Peter, a New York newsman. Both are driven by ambition for glory and advancement, with no holds barred in the attainment thereof. The circumstances are right for themCaptain Joe has been ordered to escort Blackfeet Indians to reservations in this troubled period in Montana after the Custer Massacre. Peter encourages him in a brutal drive of the Indians. Richard Lamb, a trader and friend of the Indians, married to one, fights for his people, paying a fearful price for the victory he achieves. A suspenseful and dramatic portrayal of a regrettable episode. Sister Avila, Acad. of the Holy Angels, Minneapolis
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