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From the award-winning author of the Native American classic Fools Crow, a richly crafted novel of cultural crossing that is a triumph of storytelling and the historical imagination. Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and journeys from the Black Hills of... read more
Characters/People edit
- Charging Elk: Main protagonist. He is a Lakota Indian who has joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
- Strikes Plenty: Charging Elk's best friend, kola, while in the badlands. Also a Lakota Indian who shunned the new ways of life.
- Nathalie Gazier: The daughter of the second man who takes Charging Elk in.
- Franklin Bell: The American vice-consul in France. Referred to as Brow Suit by Charging Elk.
- Martin St-Cyr: Called Yellow Breast by Charging Elk. Police reporter and writes about Charging Elk during his jail stints.
- Vincent Gazier: The second pious man who is asked to take Charging Elk in.
- Rene Soulas: The man who takes Charging Elk in after he is released by the French government.
- Madeline Soulas: The wife of Rene. Initially dislikes Charging Elk.
- Mathias Soulas: Son of Rene and Madeline. He teaches Charging Elk some French and geography.
- Chloe Soulas: The daughter of Rene and Madeline.
- Marie Colet: Charging Elk's first romantic interest.
- Scrub: Charging Elk's father.
- Doubles Back Woman: Charging Elk's mother.
- Buffalo Bill: Runs the Wild West Show the Charging Elk is a part of.
Setting & Locations edit
France
- The Stronghold: Where Charging Elk spends most of his childhood.
- Marseilles, France: Where Charging Elk is left.
- Agen, France
First Sentence edit
It was early in the Moon of the Shedding Ponies, less than a year after the fight with the kingknives on te Greasy Grass, and the people looked down in the valley and they saw the white nman's fort and several of the women wept.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- James Welch (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0385496745
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0385496745
Page Count: 448
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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