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Ridgeline: A Novel

por Michael Punke

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Fiction. Literature. Western. Historical Fiction. HTML: This program includes supplemental material read by the author. The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier�??a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming's Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota's most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives. As fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington's soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, seeks to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington's officers are skeptical of their commander's strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields. Throughout this taut saga�??based on real people and events�??Michael Punke brings the same immersive, vivid storytelling and historical insight that made his breakthrough debut so memorable. As Ridgeline builds to its epic conclusion, it grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company … (más)

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I got this book free as an ARC through librarything.com in return for a review.
Great historical fiction. I was captivated from the very beginning and found it hard to put down. (

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cweller | Sep 30, 2021 |

I really enjoy well-written non-fiction and historical fiction about the American West, and in Ridgeline, Michael Punke has created a tale based on real people and events that held me in its grasp from beginning to end.

Any well-told tale has to have a first-rate cast of characters, and there certainly is one here. The arrogant ignorance of so many in Carrington's band of soldiers makes you shake your head. Carrington himself had no battle experience, and as they journey to their destination in the Powder River Valley, he is reminded of the African safaris undertaken by British nobles. After all, officers' wives and other women are traveling with them as well as the band he insisted upon so they could have music in the evenings around the campfires. Oh, how very civilized.

Others also make contributions to Ridgeline. Frances Grummond, the wife of the most arrogantly ignorant of Carrington's officers, writes of her experiences in two different journals: one for public consumption and one private, for-her-eyes-only. Jim Bridger, hired as a scout, helps show just how ignorant the soldiers are, and I loved his reply to one of the officers in one of their many meetings: "Don't ask me if you don't wanna know." How many times have so-called intelligent people refused to listen to the experts they hired?

But it was watching Red Cloud and Crazy Horse that kept me focused the most. Watching them work with other Lakota and then other tribes, convincing warriors that they needed a new way to fight the soldiers in order to win, forming their strategy that was so brilliant that it would ultimately be taught in military academies around the world. Watching events unfold knowing it was ultimately for nothing.

Although I knew how Ridgeline was going to end, I still got caught up in Punke's story. I still got caught up with the characters. That's some powerful storytelling, and I look forward to his next book. (

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cathyskye | Sep 25, 2021 |

Another incredible read by [a:Michael Punke|108318|Michael Punke|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1452499432p2/108318.jpg], and it makes me hope he won't wait another 9 years to publish his next.

It is 1866 and the U.S. Army is encamping in the West, destroying land and displacing the Native Americans. This story takes place in The Powder River Valley of Wyoming, home to the Lakota and a young Crazy Horse. It is HF based on true events that occurred as the Army tried to dig in and open the road into the gold of Montana. Crazy Horse, and the Lakota, wait and watch and devise attacks that hopefully will turn the white man away.

Punke did his research and tells the story from both sides. The story is gripping, the writing exceptional. However due to explicit details of Indian/U.S. warfare, I cannot recommend to everyone.

I won this book in a GR's Giveaway. Thank you goodreads and thank you Henry Holt and Co. Publishing. (

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JBroda | Sep 24, 2021 |

The story is riveting and highly enjoyable. This is less gritty than The Revenant, but the characters come across as slightly cartoonish. (

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breic | Jul 10, 2021 |

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Ridgeline is an incredible story of a young warrior, Crazy Horse, an ill-equipped army charged with building a fort in the middle of Lakota land, and the reunification of tribes to face a foe in a battle for their very existence. Knowing very little about Crazy Horse, particularly his early days, I was most struck to learn of his relationship with his father, the transferral of the name from father to son, and a legacy of humility. The strategy leading up to the battle and the battle itself was incredibly intense reading and the final meeting between Crazy Horse and Moon was a fitting end to the book, prophetic, and of course, because of this, sad. I was grateful for and enjoyed the Historical Notes at the conclusion. Ridgeline is a perfect blend of fact and fiction and I think it’s an excellent book. (

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A nuanced story of conflict between Native people and Whites on the 19th-century American frontier.

añadido por Richardrobert | editarKirkus Reviews (May 15, 2021)

Punke (The Revenant) again brings the Old West to life in this engrossing account of the violence and horror of a Wyoming massacre that presaged the Battle of Little Big Horn. On Dec. 21, 1866, Lakota war leader Crazy Horse lured 80 U.S. soldiers into a trap, slaughtering all of them.
Punke makes the battle vivid, and draws deep characterizations of individuals on both sides, exploring Crazy Horse’s fear of impending change, U.S. soldiers’ indifference to fighting, and a captain’s lament of the breakdown of discipline and reason within the battalion’s leadership.
This is historical fiction at its best.

añadido por Richardrobert | editarPublishers Weekly (Mar 18, 2021)

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Fiction. Literature. Western. Historical Fiction. HTML:

This program includes supplemental material read by the author.
The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant
In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier�??a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming's Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota's most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives.
As fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington's soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, seeks to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington's officers are skeptical of their commander's strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields.
Throughout this taut saga�??based on real people and events�??Michael Punke brings the same immersive, vivid storytelling and historical insight that made his breakthrough debut so memorable. As Ridgeline builds to its epic conclusion, it grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

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