The Massacre at Fall Creek - Softcover

West, Jessamyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156576813 ISBN 13: 9780156576819

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1986

Synopsis

Five white men stand accused of the murder of innocent, peaceful Indians - among them women and children. It is 1824, and Indiana is the Western frontier of a new nation where Seneca warriors stand ready to fall on fledgling settlements should white men's justice fail. In a powerful American saga fashioned from the sparse historical record, Jessamyn West creates characters - an appealing heroine, her lover, the attorney for the defense, an extraordinary Indian seer - who stand at the center of a maelstrom of human emotions: hate, devotion, revenge, compassion, and, above all, love. As the narrative sweeps from the crimes to the tension-packed trial and its strangely moving aftermath, the novel carries the reader to an awareness of undeniably modern implications of our historical past.

About this title

About the Author:

Jessamyn West (1902-1984) was born in Indiana to Quaker parents and lived most of her life in California. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Mademoiselle, Kenyon Review, the New Yorker, and Redbook, among others. Her other books include The State of Stony Lonesome, Massacre at Fall Creek, and The Collected Stories of Jessamyn West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0156576813
• ISBN 13: 9780156576819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 373