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Title: The War of the Mormon Cow: Being the 1st Part of the Crazy Horse Chronicles (Crazy Horse Chronicles, Pt. 1.) by Richard Jepperson, Ken Mundie ISBN: 0-9672012-0-9 Publisher: String of Beads Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Poignant and Passionate Story
Comment: Mr. Jepperson states that The War of the Mormon Cow "is written in the meter and structure of the Sioux language, as Crazy Horse would have told it." The rhythm of said writing has a profound emotional impact. While I have little knowledge of the Sioux Indians, I know the outcome, and it ain't good. This book gave me hope. I have never read a story as seen through Sioux eyes and I found myself hoping that the Sioux would march on in victory! At the very least, I have been inspired to learn more about the first inhabitants of America.

While the story revolves around Curly (later Crazy Horse, a great Sioux leader) and Little Mouse (later Black Robe Woman), and their coming of age in tumultuos times of war with settlers marching through their homeland, I was impressed with the interdependence and respect between the Americans and the Sioux. I read, hoping that surely they could work it out!

So many stories about settlers and Indians are made up solely of "Good vs. Bad." Mr. Jepperson's story vividly portrays the good and bad on both sides. He describes great Sioux warriors - - made up of both men and women - - fighting to maintain the only life they knew, and of settlers who, out of ignorance, fear, and greed, took the Indians for granted (that's putting it mildly.)

There were no winners in the destruction of the Sioux. The War of the Mormon Cow is the beginning of a sad, thought provoking story, told with tremendous power. The story is sprinkled with beautiful images of Sioux at work and play in day to day life. A lifestyle from which we should take notes and from which we can still learn. A child's/teenager's book? Yes. Worth reading by adults? Absolutely! I can't wait for the second installment!