Winterkill

New York: Dell Publishing - A Laurel Book, 1990. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8. 328 Pages. Originally published in 1984 this is the June 1990 Edition. Author's first book. Honored with the Spur and the Medicine Pipe Bearers Award by the Western Writers of America. Just a hint of age-tanning at top page borders. In this novel of fathers and sons, old times and new, love, loss, and hope, Danny Kachiah is an Indian fighting not to become a casualty. His own father, Red Shirt, is dead. His wife, Loxie, has left him. And his job as a rodeo cowboy is just about over because, at 34, he just can't tak the spills and the knock-around life like he used to. When Danny learns that Loxie has died in a car accident, he sets out to bring home the teenage son he barely knows. Suddenly Danny Kachiah is faced with being a father and with making a life for himself and his son from the dreams of yesterday and the ruins of today's Northwest reservations.