Commendable Discretion

Clayton, J Hoolihan

ISBN 10: 1736274309 / ISBN 13: 9781736274309

Published by Dog Soldier Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commendable Discretion
• Publisher: Dog Soldier Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1736274309
• ISBN 13: 9781736274309
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Charles Wolfe Collins is an Irish immigrant, ex-spy, Pinkerton operative, and a veteran of the Civil War. Collins is being sent on a hazardous assignment by President Grant in 1876, the nation's centennial. President Grant has recently received intelligence in military dispatches that there had been white men fighting alongside the Indians at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He wants Collins to investigate and report back regarding the identity of these men. Collins embarks on a long journey into remote regions of Montana Territory, picking up clues along the way, and is eventually accompanied by a Native American woman guide, whose motives for taking Collins deep into Indian country are inscrutable. As the two proceed into the middle of a deadly conflict between vengeful soldiers and embittered Lakota warriors, they must cross an expansive cultural gap and learn to trust each other. At great risk, they seek to solve a mystery, documented in forgotten historical and military records, which could pose serious ramifications for American politics and the course of Federal Indian Policy in the territories of the United States.

About the Authors

Juliana "Hoolihan" Clayton is an indigenous woman of Turtle Island (First Nations Nehiyawak) who was adopted by a white family and raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. She has lived and worked with Native Americans and cowboys throughout the West during her years as a ranch hand and wild land firefighter. She has engaged in extensive research on various topics and has been published in western historical magazines, such as "True West" and "Wild West." Through her research, she has stumbled upon enigmas of the past and has accumulated abundant topics for a succession of detective stories pertaining to the 19th century American West. She has a degree in history and education from the University of Montana and it has long been her goal to create a series of novels that are entertaining, but at the same time rife with impeccable research and unique cultural perspectives on American history. Commendable Discretion is the first book of this series. "Throwing the hoolihan" is a technique that old time cowboys used for roping horses. It has been Juliana's nickname for many years

Robert Szucs attended the Cleveland Institute of Art for five years, majoring in illustration and painting. After moving to Montana in 1977, he gained a reputation for drawings of local cowboys and paintings of western landscapes. His artwork has shown in the Hole in the Wall Gallery in Montana, the Ed Morgan Gallery in New Mexico and has been purchased by collectors around the world. He currently lives in northern New Mexico.