The Holy Road

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Summary: Good Stuff
Review: The first 40 pages were tough to get through because of the narritive style. After that the story flies. Illustrates vivdly the conflict between two cultures. Real literature. Not the fluff that is published so much today. Looking forward to the movie.

Rating:
Summary: Good Stuff
Review: The first 40 pages were tough to get through because of the narritive style. After that the story flies. Illustrates vivdly the conflict between two cultures. Real literature. Not the fluff that is published so much today. Looking forward to the movie.

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Summary: The Holy Road
Review: This is an excellent book. It actually takes you back in time. It is well written. Very descriptive.

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Summary: Powerful but depressing
Review: Without giving much away, anyone who read Dances with Wolves and knows anything about history would know there is no way this book can have a happy ending. With this in mind, Michael Blake again writes a compelling novel with amazing insight. Not being a Commanche myself, I can not truly imagine what this time in their history was like, but I think Mr. Blake has done a commendable job in getting the point across. The reader gets a good sense of loss and the experience of losing a people's way of life. One minor point that in now way takes away from Mr. Blake's work, there were no "black-skinned slaves" in Washington D.C. 11 years or so after the end of the Civil War as is mentioned. Aside from that, I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who is interested in the beginnings of the Reservation system from an Indian point of view.