Dances With Wolves

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In ‘Dances With Wolves’, it is 1863 and the last occupant of Fort Sedgewick, an otherwise abandoned outpost marooned in a rolling ocean of prairie grass, Lieutenant John Dunbar watches over the American frontier. A thousand miles back East, his commarades are locked in battle with the Confederates, but out here he is alone and forgotten. His desolate posting will bring him into contact with the lords of the southern plains – the Comanche. He does not speak their language, he has no knowledge of their customs – Lieutenant Dunbar finds himself intrigued by these people and begins a transformation that culminates with the emergence of a different man – a man called Dances With Wolves. In ‘The Holy Road’, it is now 1874 and times are hard for the Plains Indians. The white man is closing in from all directions, claiming land, driving the tribes on to reservations. Can the Comanche fight or make peace?

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The book that inspired the epic movie, Dances With Wolves, and its sequel, The Holy Road, together in one volume for the first time.
1863. The last occupant of Fort Sedgewick, Lieutenant John Dunbar watches over the American frontier. A thousand miles back east, his comrades are locked in battle with the Confederates, but out here he is alone.

His desolate posting will bring him into contact with the lords of the southern plains – the Comanche. He has no knowledge of their customs but Dunbar is intrigued by these people and begins a transformation from which he emerges a different man. A man called Dances With Wolves.

The story continues, 11 years later in The Holy Road. Times are hard for the Comanche. The white man is closing in from all directions, claiming land, driving the tribes on to reservations. Should the Comanche fight or make peace? Misunderstanding and duplicity lead to raids and atrocities on both sides that can have only one conclusion. The man that was John Dunbar must go to war again.

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Weight 0.482 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 4.7 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

720

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K