"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...

A fictional retelling of the experiences of twelve-year-old Mary Jemison, who after being captured by a Shawnee war party during the French and Indian War, is rescued and subsequently adopted by two Seneca sisters with whom she ultimately chooses to stay.

Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly attacked by a Shawnee war party. After Mary is taken captive, the leader of the war party is impressed by her courage and strength, and decides to make her his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.

As Jack Crabb, the 121-year-old sole survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, narrates his colorful life story, he tells about everything, from his adoption by Cheyenne Indians to his marriages and friendship with Wild Bill Hickok. His tall tales indicate he just may be one of the biggest liars who roamed the West.

Fort Apache: a cavalry officer's by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush. The searchers: a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter. Rio Bravo: a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. The cowboys: a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold...