The Daughter of the Sioux
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Charles King
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Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He was the son of Civil War general Rufus King and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from West point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silent films.
King's writings, relating to American Indians, cover a complex range of opinion within his novels. His sympathy for their cause of defending their homelands, and being forced to adopt a new lifestyle, did not stop him from graphically portraying them as savage and barbaric peoples. However, King also used his writings to harshly criticize U.S. government policies that resulted in Indian treaties not being honored and that permitted rampant corruption among government-appointed reservation agents. As a lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, King was a participant on the American western frontier, who personally fought in battles with Southwestern and Plains Indians and observed government policies first hand. Charles King is credited today with helping to establish the "Western novel" as a romantic and dramatic genre of American literature, based upon a sturdy foundation of historical realism. (Summary compiled from Wikipedia and THE LIFE OF CHARLES KING
by Nathan Bender, Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library within The Buffalo Bill Historical Center.) (7 hr 52 min)
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Great Story
Jpassservais
(5 Sterne)
It is hard to believe that there were so few good books written about our great American West. However it may be due simply to my ignorance and there may be many more of which I am unaware. There are certainly, I am sure, many stories to be or that could be told about this topic which are either hidden in the graves of those who lived them or are written and I am ignorant as to where they are. I have not looked hard enough, though, to comment but as I see only a few more than 80 western books and so many others from other countries (which, I enjoy immensely as well) I believe there must be more somewhere and I will continue to search for them because I do enjoy this part of our American story. The readers all did a good job and as I have said the story is very well written and I would recommend it to those who are interested in this subject as I am. God Bless Librivox!
Interesting Story
mnels
(3 Sterne)
I found this story quite interesting. However, some of the readers were very hard to understand.
Daughter
Chalood
(3 Sterne)
The story suffers from to many a variety of readers.