Sheepeater

Sheepeater
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9781532045325
ISBN-13 : 1532045328
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Book Synopsis Sheepeater by : Joseph Dorris

Download or read book Sheepeater written by Joseph Dorris and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the early 1860s, and twelve-year-old Erik Larson and his Swedish family are headed west in a wagon train from Minnesota to find a valley in pre-Idaho Territory. The family holds high hopes that their new home will provide the happiness they seekthat is, until a deadly illness strikes. When Eriks own mother becomes ill, the wagon master decides to push ahead, intent on outracing a blizzard. Unfortunately, winter arrives with a vengeance, and with his sister far ahead in another wagon, Erik is stranded with his parents. After his father experiences a fatal fall, Erik and his mother face a brutal winteralone on the windswept prairie. Erik is convinced that to survive he must seek help from the Sheepeater Indians. After he meets the Sheepeaters, he deals with prejudice and life-threatening danger and begins to question everything hes ever believed. Without the skills to hunt or fish, Erik must confront an agonizing choiceeither perish or abandon everything and become a member of the Sheepeaters. A poignant partnership soon unfolds between the Native Americans and a white man who has just one dreamto reunite with his sister.


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