Black Hills
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607883465 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 119 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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. In his ability to create complex characters and pair them with suspenseful situations, Simmons stands almost unmatched among his contemporaries. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Hugo-winner Simmons, the author of such acclaimed space operas as Hyperion and Olympos as well as Drood, an intriguing riff on Dickens's unfinished last novel, displays the impressive breath of his imagination in this historical novel with a supernatural slant. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. All rights reserved. 6-city author tour. The action leaps around in time to illustrate the arc of Sapa's life, but focuses on 1936, when, as a septuagenarian, he plots to blow up the monuments on Mount Rushmore in time for a visit to the site by FDR to aton
Wonderful!! Dan Simmons did his research in order to write this book. He researched the Lakota language, customs, and beliefs extensively. Of course, it involves Custer, but in a unique way. The time goes back and forth between the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s. Superbly told. I cried the last 50 pages or so becoming emotionally involved. Wonderful!!. "Another Great Read from Dan Simmons!!" according to Robert D. Moore. If you like Historical fiction, and you would like to learn a lot about the Black Hills a little over 100 years ago, you will enjoy this read.Dan Simmons is my favorite author, and I can"t remember ever giving him a poor review, but I honestly believe that you will enjoy reading him too! Robert D Moore. I've been a fan of Dan Simmons for years and I've been a fan of Dan Simmons for years and this one is imaginative and unique even by his standards. What a strange and interesting book.
Haunted not only by Custer's ghost but also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of men like the Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse and Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor responsible for Mount Rushmore, Paha Sapa's long life is driven by a dramatic vision he experienced as a boy in his people's sacred Black Hills.. He feels the legendary general's ghost enter him then and will hear that ghost's voice within him for the rest of his life. In "Black Hills, " Dan Simmons seamlessly weaves together the stories of Paha Sapa, Custer, and the American West, from the Battle of the Little Bighorn up through the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, depicting a violent and tumultuous time in the history of both Native and white Americans. Paha Sapa, a young Sioux warrior, "counts coup" on General George Armstrong Custer at the moment Custer lies dying on the battlefield at Little Bighorn