Cheyenne Autumn

The Cheyenne people were dying, from disease and starvation, in the southern lands to which they had been consigned by the U.S. government; and therefore, in the autumn of 1878, they broke free from their confinement and made their way northward, with a forlorn hope of successfully returning to thei......more

I found this to be a powerful book. I noticed a fair amount of criticism concerning readability. Her prose spoke to me. The book requires some effort. The litany of atrocities never lets up. Hope runs threadbare. The Cheyenne are soft spoken people according to this account. The way these people res......more

I loved this book. It was like reading a gentle stream. Mari Sandoz as expected shows the great humility and perseverance of the Cheyenne. The most pleasant surprise of this book was how Mari wrote it. In the beginning she explains that she is going to the best of her ability express the beauty of s......more

In chronicling the 1878 flight of the Northern Cheyenne from their overcrowded and disease-ridden reservation in modern-day Oklahoma, accomplished Nebraska author Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) presents a thoroughly harrowing and ultimate tragic account of one horrific episode in the centuries-long conflic......more

Mari Sandoz has a unique way of providing the reader with a factual account by keeping the dialogue and language based on her interviews with Native Cheyenne. This was a very moving account of the atrocities that occured during the period post Battle of the Little Big Horn. I had the privilege of visi......more