Lucia St. Clair Robson
Author of Ride the Wind
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Separating the real person from the legend, the story unfolds with humor, intelligence and realism. As the Apaches try to deal with the white people who are moving into their southwestern homeland in the late 1800s and changing their ancient way of life. That is not to say that their way of life was particularly peaceful, the Apache were a war-like people who spent much of their time on raids and in battles with other Indians and, in particular, Mexicans. Their life was one of marauding, ambushing and plundering, and now they were being rounded up, confined to a reservation and told to farm.
All the well known figures of the day are part of this story including General George Crook, George N. Bascom, Cochise, and Geronimo. But the author keeps her main character, Lozen, front and center at all times giving the reader a heroine to root for. Robson recreates the Apache way of life in great detail and gives all her characters a distinct personality. I loved this story and enjoyed my time learning about these unique people.… (more)