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The Threepersons Hunt
By Brian Garfield. 1974
A Navajo trooper tracks a murderous fugitive loose on the reservationJoe Threepersons is a killer, but that doesn&’t bother most…
of the people on the Apache reservation. After all, killing a white man is not an unforgiveable crime. Sam Watchman, on the other hand, is paid to care. Though a proud Navajo, he&’s also a state trooper, so tracking killers is his business. The sheriff sent him because of his familiarity with the reservation, but no man knows this territory like Threepersons. The killer has a rifle, a stolen horse, and thousands of friends willing to give him sanctuary. As Watchman gives chase, Threepersons eludes him at every turn. But the trooper will get his man. After all, the murderer has only two million acres in which to hide.&“Peter Bowen does for Montana what Tony Hillerman does for New Mexico&” (Midwest Book Review). Gabriel Du Pré&’s aunt…
Pauline has burned through more than her share of husbands, so it&’s no surprise when she shows up in Toussaint complaining that the latest one, Badger, has run off. Du Pré, the Métis Indian fiddler, retired cattle inspector, and sometime deputy, agrees to go looking for her man. He finds him shot, execution-style, in the wilds of the Montana countryside. A chat with his contacts at the FBI reveals that Badger, a small-time drug smuggler, had been working for them since his last arrest. Pauline&’s husband was bait, but the big fish got away. The last lead was to a cabal of wealthy gamblers who pass their time racing horses in the barren Montana brush. To infiltrate their tight-knit syndicate, Du Pré goes undercover, lining up his own horse and jockey. He must tread lightly, because horses are not the only things these men shoot. Gabriel Du Pré&’s foray into the world of illegal horse racing is &“as consistently entertaining as its predecessors. [Du Pré], ever skeptical of the modern world and its institutions, places his faith in people, the land, a hand-rolled smoke, and the occasional ditch-water highball&” (Booklist).Stewball is the 12th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Ash Child (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #9)
By Peter Bowen. 1997
In modern-day Montana, brushfires, meth dealers, and murder challenge a deputy in a mystery that&’s &“a pleasure to read&” (Publishers…
Weekly). In the midst of a drought in Toussaint, Montana, Métis Indian tracker and cattle investigator Gabriel Du Pré learns that Maddy Collins has been killed—and goes looking for answers. Du Pré suspects a pair of boys who, despite their good upbringing, have fallen in with a gang of crystal meth dealers. Not long after the murder, they vanish. As the town is threatened by a forest fire, Du Pré puts his own life at risk to hunt for the two young men, not knowing whether they&’re alive or dead. But if the inferno reaches Toussaint, no one will be safe.Ash Child is the 9th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Badlands (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #10)
By Peter Bowen. 2003
A mysterious cult takes over a ranch in this western thriller starring a crime solver who &“resonates with originality and…
energy&” (Chicago Tribune). The Eides have owned cattle in Montana since 1882, but a few days after they pull up stakes and sell their property, their homestead goes up in flames. When Métis Indian investigator Gabriel Du Pré arrives on the scene, nothing is left but the ashes. A serene young man appears, insisting the fires were set purposely and firmly asking Du Pré to leave. He is a representative from the Host of Yahweh, the millennial cult that has purchased the sprawling ranch on the edge of the Badlands, and arson is just the beginning of their suspicious behavior. At first, the people of Toussaint try to ignore the secretive cult. But when Du Pré gets a tip from an FBI contact that seven Host of Yahweh defectors were recently shot to death, he takes another look at the glassy-eyed conclave. Behind their peaceful smiles, great evil lurks. Badlands is the 10th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.First in the crime-fiction series set in the modern-day west, starring a half-French, half-Indian &“character of legendary proportions&” (Ridley Pearson).…
Officially, Gabriel Du Pré is the cattle inspector for Toussaint, Montana, responsible for making sure no one tries to sell livestock branded by another ranch. Unofficially, he is responsible for much more than cows&’ backsides. The barren country around Toussaint is too vast for the town&’s small police force, and so, when needed, this hard-nosed Métis Indian lends a hand. When the sheriff offers gas money to investigate newly discovered plane wreckage in the desert, Du Pré quickly finds himself embroiled in a mystery stretching back a generation. For three decades, the crashed plane sat in the sun as the bodies inside rotted away to their bones. Two skeletons are whole, but for one nothing remains but the hands, the skull, and the bullet that ended his life. The crime was hidden long ago, but in the Montana badlands, nothing stays buried forever . . . In Gabriel Du Pré, &“Bowen has taken the antihero of Hemingway and Hammett and brought him up to date . . . a fresh, memorable character&” (The New York Times Book Review). Coyote Wind is the 1st book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Long Son (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #6)
By Peter Bowen. 1999
&“With his distinctive, minimalist prose . . . Bowen&’s writing is lean. . . . An unsentimental, galvanizing portrait of life in small-town Montana&”…
(Publishers Weekly). For generations, the Messmers have raised cattle in the rough country of eastern Montana. When the current owners die in a tragic accident, they leave the ranch to their son—an ominous development for everyone in the area. Larry Messmer left Toussaint years ago when he got in trouble for bludgeoning a horse to death. Gabriel Du Pré hoped he would never set eyes on him again. Larry announces his return by having his ranch hands kill every weak cow on the property. Unfortunately, the livestock will not be the last to die. The FBI asks Du Pré, a cattle inspector and occasional lawman, to keep an eye on Larry. What he uncovers is a ranch stricken by criminal greed, lorded over by a pathological son who should never have come home. And when violence erupts again, Du Pré finds himself in the cross hairs.Long Son is the 6th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Creek Mary's Blood: A Novel
By Dee Brown. 1980
The New York Times–bestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through…
two centuries. In Creek Mary&’s Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove—born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief—and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown&’s novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War—in which Mary&’s descendants fought on both sides of the conflict. Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with &“dark, inexorable energy&” by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.Reservation Blues: A Novel
By Sherman Alexie. 1995
Winner of the American Book Award and the Murray Morgan Prize, Sherman Alexie&’s brilliant first novel tells a powerful tale…
of Indians, rock &’n&’ roll, and redemptionCoyote Springs is the only all-Indian rock band in Washington State—and the entire rest of the world. Thomas Builds-the-Fire takes vocals and bass guitar, Victor Joseph hits lead guitar, and Junior Polatkin rounds off the sound on drums. Backup vocals come from sisters Chess and Checkers Warm Water. The band sings its own brand of the blues, full of poverty, pain, and loss—but also joy and laughter.It all started one day when legendary bluesman Robert Johnson showed up on the Spokane Indian Reservation with a magical guitar, leaving it on the floor of Thomas Builds-the-Fire&’s van after setting off to climb Wellpinit Mountain in search of Big Mom.In Reservation Blues, National Book Award winner Alexie vaults with ease from comedy to tragedy and back in a tour-de-force outing powered by a collision of cultures: Delta blues and Indian rock.This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.War Dances: Stories and Poems (Men Of The Saddle Ser.)
By Sherman Alexie. 2009
The bestselling, award-winning author&’s &“fiercely freewheeling collection of stories and poems about the tragicomedies of ordinary lives&” (O, The Oprah…
Magazine). Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, War Dances blends short stories, poems, call-and-response, and more into something that only Sherman Alexie could have written. Ordinary men stand at the threshold of profound change, from a story about a famous writer caring for a dying but still willful father, to the tale of a young Indian boy who learns to value his own life by appreciating the deaths of others. Perceptions change, too, as &“Another Proclamation&” casts a shadow over Abraham Lincoln&’s Emancipation Proclamation, and &“Invisible Dog on a Leash&” limns the heartbreak of shattered childhood illusions. And nostalgia for antiquated technology is tenderly rendered in &“Ode to Mix Tapes&” and &“Ode for Pay Phones.&” With his versatile voice, Alexie explores love, betrayal, fatherhood, alcoholism, and art in this spirited, soulful, and endlessly entertaining collection, transcending genre boundaries to create something truly unique. This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven: Stories
By Sherman Alexie. 2013
Sherman Alexie&’s darkly humorous story collection weaves memory, fantasy, and stark reality to powerfully evoke life on the Spokane Indian…
Reservation. The twenty-four linked tales in Alexie&’s debut collection—an instant classic—paint an unforgettable portrait of life on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation, a place where &“Survival = Anger x Imagination,&” where HUD houses and generations of privation intertwine with history, passion, and myth. We follow Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the longwinded storyteller no one really listens to; his half-hearted nemesis, Victor, the basketball star turned recovering alcoholic; and a wide cast of other vividly drawn characters on a haunting journey filled with humor and sorrow, resilience and resignation, dreams and reality. Alexie&’s unadulterated honesty and boundless compassion come together in a poetic vision of a world in which the gaps between past and present are not really gaps after all. The basis for the acclaimed 1998 feature film Smoke Signals,the Chicago Tribune noted, &“The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven . . . is for the American Indian what Richard Wright&’s Native Son was for the black American in 1940.&” The collection received a Special Citation for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction. This ebook edition features a new prologue from the author, as well as an illustrated biography and rare photos from Sherman Alexie&’s personal collection.Moonsong
By Constance Bennett. 1992
The author of Morning Sky and Blossom delivers a historical western romance of two sisters from different cultures—and the men…
who steal their hearts . . . Rayna and Skylar are sisters born of different nations and united by the sweeping force of love. Theirs is a story of passionate desires, powerful dreams, and the demands of destiny. Rayna and Meade are desperately in love, but to follow her sensuous beauty into the wilderness, Meade must forfeit his dreams of a peaceful homestead. Skylar and Sun Hawk are of the same people, thrown together unexpectedly. But the warrior in Sun Hawk awakens a longing in Skylar that she has never felt before . . .The Great Alone
By Janet Dailey. 1986
A sweeping multigenerational saga of the founding of the state of Alaska by an iconic author with more than three…
hundred million copies of her books in print. Spanning two hundred years, this saga of romance and adventure in the untamed Alaska wilderness begins with Tasha Tarakanov, a beautiful Aleut woman, and her beloved Andrei, a noble and ambitious Cossack hunter. From their union come seven generations of proud Alaskans, including the beautiful Marisha, who finds her fortune as a legendary madam, and Wylie Cole, who bravely defends his homeland during World War II. Glorious and grand, The Great Alone is a story of brave young men and women, whose dreams, heritage, betrayals, loves, and fortitude are as vast and wild as the land from which they sprang.Notches (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #4)
By Peter Bowen. 1997
&“[An] enjoyable series of interest to western crime readers, especially those favoring Montana authors C. J. Box, Craig Johnson, and…
Keith McCafferty as well as fans of the Hillermans&” (Booklist). The news is bad: five young women—so far—raped, tortured, and left in the Montana wilderness to be devoured by coyotes. It&’s not long before Gabriel Du Pré, Métis Indian cattle inspector and occasional deputy, gets the call from Sheriff Benny Klein, summoning him to yet another grisly crime scene—this time in his own backyard. Not far from the victim, he finds two more murdered women, their bodies arranged over each other in a cross. A message from the killer? But what does it mean? Working alongside a Blackfoot FBI agent and his feisty female partner, Du Pré, a father and grandfather with two daughters of his own, gives his all to the manhunt. But as more victims are found, and a young woman he cares about disappears, he will come to the grim realization that he must learn to think like this monster in order to catch him. &“Like the most memorable creations in detective fiction, [Du Pré&’s] moral center is unshakeable&” (Booklist).Notches is the 4th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Indian Killer: A Novel (Colección Novela Ser. #Vol. 6040059)
By Sherman Alexie. 1996
A New York Times Notable Book: A series of brutal racially charged murders sets a city on edge in this…
thriller by a National Book Award–winning author. A serial murderer dubbed &“the Indian Killer&” has Seattle living in fear. As he scalps his victims and adorns their bodies with owl feathers, the city consumes itself in a nightmare frenzy of racial tension. Then a possible suspect emerges: John Smith. An Indian raised by whites, John is lost between cultures. He fights for a sense of belonging that may never be his—but has his alienation made him angry enough to kill? The New York Times–bestselling author of You Don&’t Have to Say You Love Me and many other acclaimed works, Sherman Alexie traces John Smith&’s rage with scathing wit and masterly suspense, delivering both a scintillating thriller and a searing parable of race, identity, and violence. This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.Cruzatte and Maria (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #8)
By Peter Bowen. 2001
A deputy discovers Meriwether Lewis&’s journal in this modern-day mystery by an author who &“writes about the rural West better…
than anyone&” (Rocky Mountain News). When he&’s asked to serve as a consultant for a documentary about the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark&’s expedition up the Missouri River, Gabriel Du Pré&’s impulse is to flee. Eastern Montana isn&’t accustomed to getting much attention, and its residents prefer it that way. But the director of the film is dating Du Pré&’s daughter Maria, so this hard-bitten fiddler&’s hands are tied. The Métis Indian lawman agrees to act as a guide and help the filmmakers navigate the river, which is as deadly now as it was in 1805. The Missouri has claimed nine lives in the past three years—a suspiciously high death toll the FBI wants Du Pré to investigate. While trolling the riverbanks, Du Pré stumbles upon a national treasure: Meriwether Lewis&’s lost journals, which the American government will do anything to get back. Meanwhile, when members of the film crew start dying, Du Pré begins to wonder if the locals hate outsiders so much they might be willing to kill to keep them out. &“Bowen&’s exuberant storytelling mines the rich cultural history of the West . . . [and features] delightfully extravagant characters&” (Publishers Weekly).Cruzatte and Maria is the 8th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Meteors in August: A Novel
By Melanie Rae Thon. 1990
Charged by lyrical prose and vivid evocations of a more-than-human world, Meteors in August proves itself a magnificent debut, a…
tale of despair and salvation in all their many forms Lizzie Macon is seven when her father drives a Native American named Red Elk out of their valley and comes home with blood on his clothes. The following year, her older sister, Nina, cuts her head from every family photograph and runs away with Red Elk&’s son and their unborn child. Nina&’s actions have consequences no one could have predicted: jittery reverberations of violence throughout the isolated northern Montana mill town of Willis. Sparks of racial prejudice and fundamentalist fever flare until one scorching August when three cataclysmic events change the town—and Lizzie&’s family—forever.Scalpdancers
By Kerry Newcomb. 1990
When two exiles find each other, the West will never be the sameThe first arrow should have killed the buffalo.…
But the massive bull keeps charging, and Lost Eyes watches, helpless, as the young warrior known as Waiting Horse is gored to death. As punishment for this tragic accident, Lost Eyes is exiled from his small Blackfoot tribe on the edge of the Elkhorn Creek—cursed to spend his days wandering the plains, forever remembering the hunt that changed his life.Halfway around the globe, merchant captain Morgan Penmerry watches in horror as his ship burns in Macao harbor. Ruined, he attempts a daring return to the Americas to build his fortune anew. There he crosses paths with Lost Eyes—a fellow wanderer who, like the captain, understands the pains of banishment. Together, these unlikely partners will find a place in the frontier and form a bond that no tragedy can tear asunder.Flight: A Novel (Collections Litterature Ser. #Vol. 6132393)
By Sherman Alexie. 2007
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the tale of a troubled…
boy&’s trip through history. Half Native American and half Irish, fifteen-year-old &“Zits&” has spent much of his short life alternately abused and ignored as an orphan and ward of the foster care system. Ever since his mother died, he&’s felt alienated from everyone, but, thanks to the alcoholic father whom he&’s never met, especially disconnected from other Indians. After he runs away from his latest foster home, he makes a new friend. Handsome, charismatic, and eloquent, Justice soon persuades Zits to unleash his pain and anger on the uncaring world. But picking up a gun leads Zits on an unexpected time-traveling journey through several violent moments in American history, experiencing life as an FBI agent during the civil rights movement, a mute Indian boy during the Battle of Little Bighorn, a nineteenth-century Indian tracker, and a modern-day airplane pilot. When Zits finally returns to his own body, &“he begins to understand what it means to be the hero, the villain and the victim. . . . Mr. Alexie succeeds yet again with his ability to pierce to the heart of matters, leaving this reader with tears in her eyes&” (The New York Times Book Review). Sherman Alexie&’s acclaimed novels have turned a spotlight on the unique experiences of modern-day Native Americans, and here, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian takes a bold new turn, combining magical realism with his singular humor and insight. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Sherman Alexie including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.A young Native American raised in the forest is suddenly thrust into the modern world, in this novel by the…
author of The Dog Who Came to Stay. Thomas Black Bull&’s parents forsook the life of a modern reservation and took to ancient paths in the woods, teaching their young son the stories and customs of his ancestors. But Tom&’s life changes forever when he loses his father in a tragic accident and his mother dies shortly afterward. When Tom is discovered alone in the forest with only a bear cub as a companion, life becomes difficult. Soon, well-meaning teachers endeavor to reform him, a rodeo attempts to turn him into an act, and nearly everyone he meets tries to take control of his life. Powerful and timeless, When the Legends Die is a captivating story of one boy learning to live in harmony with both civilization and wilderness.Trouble at Fort La Pointe (Mysteries through History #7)
By Kathleen Ernst. 2000
Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery: In 1732, a twelve-year-old girl of Ojibwe and French heritage must…
clear her father of a stealing charge—or risk being separated from him foreverSuzette Choudoir always looks forward to summer, when her family leaves the Ojibwe people&’s winter camp and returns to the summer gathering place on La Pointe Island. This year her papa, a French fur trader, hopes to win a trappers&’ competition. If he does, he can remain with his family year-round, instead of paddling away to far-off Montreal in autumn. When someone steals a bale of valuable furs, however, suspicion falls on Papa.Determined to find the real thief, Suzette gathers clues and tries to track down the missing furs. But it will take all of her courage to clear her father&’s name. If she can&’t, her family will be forced to leave La Pointe Island in disgrace, and Suzette—a black-haired, blue-eyed girl of mixed cultural heritage—may never find a true home. This ebook includes a historical afterword.