Ned Christie's War

By Robert J. Conley

Book Overview

Ned Christie saw his people's past and future. From the broken treaties and the lost lands of the East to new betrayals in the Indian territory, Christie knew the Cherokee nation was threatened not by guns, but by laws. Then, on his way to a tribal council in Tahlequah, Christie was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A U.S. marshal was murdered. Fate turned Ned Christie--a father, a husband, and a man of vision--into an outlaw. Courage turned him into a warrior. Robert Conley's powerful historical novel is a classic tale of injustice and heroism. Cloaking himself in the magic of his people and the love of his family, an innocent man would fight back: for a crime he did not commit, against hatred he did not deserve, and against men determined to gun Ned Christie down...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312984871
• ISBN13: 9780312984878
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A moving portrayal of a Cherokee folk hero.

What a shame that this gem of a book never received the undeserved attention bestowed upon Larry McMurty's & Diana Ossana'a monstrosity (that shall go un-named here). Conley's account of Ned Christie's experience with white man's law tells the story of a thoughtful and respected Cherokee leader who made the best of an impossible situation by letting his enemies "know that they had been in a fight."