People of the Plains

Tony Hillerman's Frontier #1

by Ken Englade

Tony Hillerman endorses this richly evocative new series that portrays the day-to-day lives of Native Americans in the west during a volatile time of betrayals great and small. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 called for a reallocation of tribal lands in the Plains. Anticipating that the U.S. Government would make good on its promise of hefty sums to make up for their loss of property, a number of tribes stood on the threshold of history.

- Englade is an Edgar Award-nominated author.

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

About the author

Kenneth F. Englade is a New Mexico-based author who has published nine books dealing with high profile trials. His latest book, Meltdown in Haditha: The Killing of 24 Iraqi Civilians by U.S. Marines and the Failure of Military Justice, will be published in 2015 by McFarland & Co. He also published five historical novels dealing with the pre-Civil War West. His books have been published in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada. He is a veteran journalist who has worked on newspapers and for fourteen years with United Press International, including three years in Asia where he covered the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon. Beyond Reason, his book about a University of Virginia coed and her German boyfriend who conspired to kill the woman’s parents was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. From 2000-2006 he was a public information officer for the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. In 2010 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Louisiana State University School of Mass Communications in recognition of his career achievements.

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fiction but so much factual information in the content, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.