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This is a story of one radically different culture assimilating another, and of the humanity discovered and exchanged by each in the process.Tags
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A Spanish soldier who is one of the first to explore the North American continent gets stranded while he is alone on a scouting mission. A group of curious Native Americans watch him cautiously as he comes to after hitting his head, and when he removes his helmet dub him "Head's Off". Heads Off is gradually befriended by the Natives and the book is about how he becomes a part of their tribe and is instrumental is teaching them how to use horses for warfare. Coldsmith's writing is vivid and his characters relatable, I quickly became absorbed in the story and I would gladly read more in the series.
Not bad story.
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Don Coldsmith is an award-winning author of twenty-nine books in the Spanish Bit Series, including "Medicine Hat" & "The Lost Band: A Novel", also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. 050 Don Coldsmith was an American author of Western fiction. He wrote a series entitled the Spanish Bit Saga wherein he told stories from the Native show more Indian's point of view. Coldsmith also wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Born on February 28, 1926, he was also a medical doctor and a cattle rancher in Kansas. He was a past president of Western Writers of America. In fact, after attending one of these conferences, he suffered a stroke on June 20, 2009 and died on the 25th at The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Trail of the Spanish Bit
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- Reviews
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- (3.65)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
