Man Of The Shadows

by Don Coldsmith

Spanish Bit Saga (5)

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Eagles's father, Heads Off, leads the Elk-dog band by virtue of bringing to horse--the "elk-dog"--to the People.  Eagle himself has mastered the ways of the horse, but now the warrior must learn survivor.  His frightened, untrained mount, in panic in the hunt, has carried him far from his band, leaped from, a cliff, and smashed the hapless Eagle on the Rocks below.  He faces a winter alone, without weapons or friends--and with a broken, useless leg.  But then a strangle old man gives show more him shelter.  Is he a demented outcast of the People?  Or the legendary trickster, the mischievous Man of the Shadows?  Whoever he is--he alone will determine Eagle's fate. show less

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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
Man Of The Shadows
Original publication date
1983

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3553 .O445 .M3Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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