Lakota Headhunters
Talking Leaves: The Crazy Horse Conspiracies
Hardback
Retail Price: $24.95
Hardback
Retail Price: $24.95
The demise of Crazy Horse, a tragic hero,
is retold in factual startling detail...
Based on the personal journal of Gabriel C. Horstmann, M.D. ("Doc Gabe"), the story of Crazy Horse is told in this unique and spellbinding work. Even though "Doc Gabe's" recitations have been rephrased in part, his story is a chilling reminder of the untamed wilds of the early West.
From under the pony soldiers' guns, bewildered northern Lakota grieve the treacherous bayoneting of Crazy Horse. However, his body must be hidden, secured against violation by Treaty Chief trackers. Shadow wolves stalk the trail, coveting a Wasicu $300 cash reward for the head of Crazy Horse. All the while, there are none so destitute of pity as Red Cloud, appointed Treaty Chief over all Lakota-Sioux by the whites. His "shadow wolves" prowl the hinterlands, eliminating anyone posing a political threat to his rule.
The heart-wrenching truth, the death of Crazy Horse - the 'invincible one' - signaled the loss of a way of life on the Great Plains. Yet, his parents persevere, desperate to put Tashunka Witko [Crazy Horse] on the Spirit Trail from the "Place of the Grandfathers" sanctuary. On sacred ground amid cottonwoods, pines and burial mounds below the Snake Waters' cliffs, seven-foot Touch-the-Clouds stands alone protecting Worm [Crazy Horse's father] and his wife. They race against time in their pilgrimage to the secret Vision Quest site where tribal elders lay buried and death threatens at every turn. Their mission: Find a forever-hiding place. Together, they stop at nothing to succeed.
Hardback
Format: 6.14 x 9.21 Black & White Dust-Jacketed Hardback, 107 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (May 22, 2009)
ISBN10: 1432738410
ISBN13: 9781432738419
Genre: FICTION / General