The Captured Girl: A Novel of Survival during the Great Sioux War
Paperback – April 28, 2016
Description
"An excellently written and fascinating story of the Sioux War of the 1800s. It is obvious that the author Tom Reppert has spent many hours researching that period of history, and he has made it come alive as few authors can. You can feel and identify with the inner struggle that his hero, a young soldier, goes through during his first battle." Ana Parker Goodwin, author of Justice Forbidden "The Captured Girl is a captivating story of survival and strength. Morgan's is a tale of courage wouldn't let go of my imagination even after I sadly turned the last page." Mary Haley author of Ghost Writer, The Great Potato Murder. "Realistic dialog; interpersonal entanglements and characterizations that come alive. It all adds authenticity to a historical work that makes for a delicious read." Foster W. Cline, M.D, author of Parenting with Love and Logic. "Morgan's Captivity" in Kindle books is a short tale of Morgan O'Connor's time as a captive among the Northern Cheyenne. Tom Reppert, award winning author of The Far Journey , has created an enthralling saga set during theturmoil of the Great Sioux War. Fourteen-year-oldMorgan O'Connor and her eight-year-old brother Conor are the only survivorswhen the Cheyenne raid their family's homestead. More than four years later in1875, when the cavalry attacks her Indian village, she is rescued and returnedto white society, now eighteen with a half Cheyenne son. To Morgan, family iseverything. The loss of hers, both white and Indian, has been devastating. Whatdrives her soul is protecting her son, rescuing Conor, and regaining somethingof the life she once had.Filled withfascinating characters, this epic story of love and survival transports us fromthe Indian camps of Montana Territory to the mean streets of Gilded Age NewYork, and back again, right into the heart of the Great Sioux War. There, pursuedby her great enemy Frank Nash, Morgan must use all the skills she learned amongthe Cheyenne and her famed marksmanship with a rifle to save herself, her sonand the people she loves. TomReppert is an army veteran with a BA in English and History, as well as MAs inCreative Writing and Professional Writing. He spent twelve years in Africa andAsia teaching English Literature and Composition. An award winning author, hiswriting includes educational essays, short stories, and novels Past Murders,The Far Journey, and TheCaptured Girl. Tom lives in Sandpoint, Idaho on idyllic Lake PendOreille, where he is currently working on his next novel, one set both in thefuture and the past. To contact him: [email protected] Read more
Features & Highlights
- The Captured Girl is an enthralling saga that follows Lieutenant Will Raines’s crucible of combat and young Morgan O’Connor’s struggle for survival after her capture by the Cheyenne. More than four years later in 1875, when the cavalry attacks her Indian village, she is rescued by Lieutenant Raines. Now eighteen, she returns to white society with her Cheyenne son at her side. Her struggle for survival has just begun.Filled with fascinating characters: outlaws, soldiers and warriors, English Dukes, Robber Barons, and the upstairs downstairs of back east society, this epic story of love and survival transports us from the Indian camps of Montana Territory to the mean streets of Gilded Age New York, and back again, right into the heart of the Great Sioux War. “Realistic dialog; interpersonal entanglements and characterizations that come alive. It all adds authenticity to a historical work that makes for a delicious read.” Foster W. Cline, M.D, author of Parenting with Love and Logic.“The Captured Girl is a captivating story of survival and strength. Morgan’s is a tale of courage wouldn’t let go of my imagination even after I sadly turned the last page.” Mary Haley author of Ghost Writer, The Great Potato Murder.“An excellently written and fascinating story of the Sioux War of the 1800s. It is obvious that the author Tom Reppert has spent many hours researching that period of history, and he has made it come alive as few authors can. You can feel and identify with the inner struggle that his hero, a young soldier, goes through during his first battle.” Ana Parker Goodwin, author of Justice Forbidden
