"The cry of "Gold!" in the hills of California sounded a death knell for the Native American tribes that considered the area their sacred home. Set at the height of the California gold rush, this novel of the Old West traces the demise of the Yosemite tribe. After disease nearly extinguished the tribe, the Yosemite people returned to their homeland, only to become victims of the greed that characterized the gold rush in the second half of the nineteenth century.     The story of the Yosemite is shown via the exploits of a group of entrepreneurs planning to open a trading post to service both the miners and the natives. The leader of the endeavor is Jim Wallace, a ruthless trader with a twinge of conscience. He cheats the Indians out of their gold, but has an obvious affection for their ways and doesn't intend to be the catalyst of their destruction. Yet, once the Yosemite declare war on all white men due to Wallace's business practices, history races forward.   Belanger creates a sense of what life on the frontier was like through obvious research and an extensive understanding of the natural terrain. . . Savage Mountain provides personal depth to the plight of the Native American tribes during the fateful era when they lost their lands forever to the white man. Whether the prospectors intended to or not, they had a devastating effect on the Yosemite. The search of gold yielded a loss of something much more precious. . . A very good book."                                                                                                             ─ ForeWord

Savage Mountain: A Novel of the Yosemite (The Frontiersmen, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Belanger, Sean

Genre Fiction

Carnot USA Books

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Savage Mountain: A Novel of the Yosemite (The Frontiersmen, 1)