Olivia Reary
5.0 out of 5 stars

A wonderful, powerful book about a true black American Hero
February 23, 2019
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Like the author, I walked the Little Big Horn battlefield one day. Having read many books about the Custer campaign and the battle, I of course knew about the end of Isaiah Dorman, Custer’s interpreter. And I had read a little of his history. But this book is a rich account of a wonderful man. A real American hero. A “black white man” as some natives called him, but also a member of the Sioux tribe. A business man. A friend to any in need. Full of love and compassion, yet a man of great courage.

I love this book. It says so much about America: our strengths; our weaknesses; our past; our future. It is a love story in so many ways. It is the best story of the frontier spirit. It is tragic, just like so much of our American experience is, from the beginning, even to today. But it is noble and encouraging too.

Everyone should read this book. It does have a lot of formatting errors, but I forgive all of those—this is an authentic manuscript and no such document is without cosmetic faults.

The story is powerful. The man was a great man. Read this book and you will understand the best of our heritage, overcoming even the worst.

One last thing: the "Granny C" part of the story that links the Prologue to the Epilogue is so beautiful and ironic. It is heart-wrenching to go thru life and not know a secret like the one Cindy (who became Granny C) kept for her Mom and Isaiah all those years. A secret that affected/shaped so many people, yet they never knew! This aspect of the story, just by itself, is truly amazing!