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Shadow warrior : a novel of the Old West
- Title
- Shadow warrior : a novel of the Old West / J.C. Gotcher.
- Author
- Gotcher, J. C.
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2003]
- ©2003
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | PS3607.O86 S53 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 245 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- A wagon train scout turns the tables on Apache warriors seeking vengeance.
- "Set on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1840s, Shadow Warrior is a thrilling, suspenseful action epic; an exploration of strategy, determination, and survival; a paean to the mountains and wide spaces of the Old West; and above all an engrossing character study--in which both pioneering whites and the soon-to-be-displaced Apaches are treated with understanding sympathy. Doc, a young scout and hunter, gets separated from his wagon train when he encounters a band of Llanero Apache warriors, with fatal results for two young warriors. The Apaches, in search of vengeance and glory, begin the hunt for the white man they reluctantly come to call "Shadow," a capable enemy who gradually turns the tables, with the hunters becoming the hunted, too. A three-way test of wits, wills, and moral vision ensues among Doc and Gunsi, brutal and cunning, who leads by intimidation, and Toh-Yah, a wiser, more strategic thinker, who leads by example--the two would-be chiefs of the Llanero band, each of whom has buried a younger brother lost to Shadow. The tension builds as the respect of Shadow for Apache, Toh-Yah for Shadow, and even--grudgingly, and too late--Gunsi for Shadow, grows. In Shadow Warrior, J.C. Gotcher adroitly evokes all the rough beauty of the mountain Southwest; the fierce dignity of the Apache culture of the 1840s (when they still ruled the land); the rich solitude of the mountain men, whose deep bond with the mountains and forests was unbreakable, despite the constant danger; and the everswelling tide of white merchants, farmers, miners, and culture that inevitably degraded what it attained. In the character of Doc, we have a fresh new model of the reluctant hero of the Old West."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Western fiction.
- Fiction.
- Western stories.
- ISBN
- 1592281222
- 9781592281220
- LCCN
- 2003014288
- OCLC
- ocm52547565
- 52547565
- SCSB-1309832
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library