The Long Journey Home

A Native American track star training for the Olympics in the early part of the 1900s meets 1912 gold medal winner Jim Thorpe and Bill Pickett, the black cowboy who invented steer wrestling. 30,000 first printing.

COLDSMITH, DON

Literature & Fiction

Forge

Don Coldsmith, inducted into the Writer's Hall of Fame of America and voted one of the Greatest Western Writers of the Twentieth Century by the Western Writers of America, is one of our national treasures. He single-handedly revolutionized the Western novel with his acclaimed Spanish Bit Saga, which has more than six million copies in print. Set in the early sixteenth century, the Spanish Bit Saga re-creates a time, a place, and a people that have been nearly lost to history. In it we see history in the making through the proud eyes of those who lived it. In the recent past, the People lived in fear, constantly pursued by their ancient enemies, the Head Splitters. But that was before Spaniard Juan Garcia arrived, bringing horses-Elk-Dogs. He taught his adopted people to ride and fight, to defy death and be victorious. Slowly, at first, they learned the ways of the magnificent animals that Garcia brought them. Soon, none could stand against them, and the once cowering and timid People became lords of the American Great Plains. The Head Splitters were defeated and now the People live a life of peace and prosperity. But not all are satisfied with peace. Eager to prove their manhood, the youths of the tribe long for the days of war. Against the direct orders of their elders, the young bloods seek out the Head Splitters and, waging their own war, place the entire tribe in jeopardy.

The Elk-Dog Heritage

United States

Forge Books

Owl, the second son of Chief Heads Off, who was a white man, becomes an apprentice to White Buffalo, the tribe's medicine man

Buffalo Medicine

DOUBLEDAY

The possession of horses--elk-dogs--brings the People prestige, power, and peace with their old enemies, the Headsplitters, but Chief Heads Off has difficulties preventing continuing bloodshed

Elk Dog Heritage

Down and out, Sanchez hopes to get some money from Don Pedro Garcia by suggesting that his missing son is still alive in New Spain and living with a tribe of Indians

Follow the Wind

A young warrior encounters a mysterious old man who may be one of the myths of his tribe, The People, come to life

Man of the Shadows (A Double d Western)

The sixth book of the Spanish Bit Saga recounts the tale of Eagle Woman, who takes a vow of chastity at the age of nineteen and becomes a woman warrior of the tribe called the People

Daughter of the Eagle (A Double d Western)

A young brave's spiritual visions become vital to the survival of the Great Plains Indians known as the People

Moon of Thunder (Spanish Bit Saga, Vol 7)

The Indian tribe known as the People are forced to become allies of their old enemies the Head Splitters to avoid destruction at the hands of a powerful adversary from the north

The Sacred Hills (Double d Western)

The ninth novel in the "Spanish Bit Saga" follows a young Indian's struggle to return to her tribe after being kidnapped and sold into bondage

Pale Star

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