Paiute: Novel

by Sessions S. Wheeler

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874171156
• ISBN13: 9780874171150
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Historical fiction at its finest

Character, integrity, friendship, loyalty, morality, ethics, romance, personal responsibility and sacrifice -- you name it, this book promotes the highest standards in all of these areas. The author explains two very important historical events occurring in 1859-1860 in western Nevada (Utah territory at the time), the Virginia City gold and silver rush, and the Pyramid Lake war involving miners and settlers and the various tribes and bands of Paiute Indians. He intertwines a beautiful story of personal tragedy, hardship, romance and triumph with historical events to paint an accurate picture of the lives and times of the men and women during that era. This is a book that can be read to the whole family to spark wholesome conversation and discussion of values by which we should strive to live, especially those values respecting the wisdom, intellect and dignity of all races and cultures.