"Brings to life a remarkable family that lived at the intersection of worlds, where the fur trade and intermarriage blurred the distinction between American Indians and white Americans."
T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War "A touching portrait of ... Read morerace relations on the frontier. . . . . Evocative details and a close attention to the arc of its subjects’ lives lend Graybill’s narrative emotional heft. . . .  An entertaining and insightful exposition of an unjustly ignored facet of the American social fabric."
Kirkus Reviews "Fascinating insights into race relations on the evolving frontier…. highly recommended for all readers interested in the 19-century West."
Library Journal "Fascinating and often moving."
Robert B. Mitchell - Washington Post "Transforms a tragic, 19th-century story of heartbreak and revenge on the Rocky Mountain frontier, into a dynamic, multi-generational history. . . . . Shakespearean in its tragedy and Biblical in its parable of how the Indian tribes have endured a diaspora of such magnitude. . . . [The] Clarke family chose a purposeful, meaningful life, offering up, for all of us, a shining example of the power and strength of the human spirit."
Stuart Rosebrook - True West "A gripping Western saga. . . .  Western history buffs and general readers alike cannot fail to profit from a careful reading of its pages—dramatic, heartbreaking."
Wichita Eagle "A masterful treatment of a much-neglected aspect of American history. . . . A must-read"
Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello Show Less