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THE GRIPPING, EMOTIONAL SEQUEL TO DANCES WITH WOLVES. The Comanche people have evaded the white settlers for years, relying on their knowledge of the land and the strength of their warriors for protection. But with the fast encroaching railroad cutting across the countryside, there's nowhere left to go as an independent people. When the white representatives give them an ultimatum - to move to a reservation or face the armies of America - the Comanches must each make the choice for themselves, to accept the imprisonment of their people and the dissolution of their culture, or to suffer inevitable extinction. In this heart-wrenching sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, Dances With Wolves, all the familiar characters - Stands With A Fist, Kicking Bird, Wind In His Hair, and of course, the man who was Lieutenant John J. Dunbar - return with new, vivid complexity. A novel for any age, The Holy Road sheds compelling light on human resilience, social consequences, and the nature of freedom.
- Sales Rank: #1193262 in Books
- Published on: 2011-07-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .88" w x 5.25" l, .98 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
About the Author
Michael Blake began his writing career developing screenplays in Los Angeles. After discussing a new idea for a historical film with Kevin Costner, the budding actor encouraged Michael to write the story as a novel, concerned that as a script the story would never reach the screen. The novel, Dances With Wolves, immediately became a number one New York Times bestseller. Michael Blake went on to receive an Academy Award for his screenplay, and has been writing novels and film scripts ever since.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Sad, but true
By Jean C. Hofve
Having spent time on a Nez Perce reservation when I was a teenager, I've always been one of those who rooted for the Indians instead of the cowboys. "Little Big Man" was my favorite movie. Until, of course, "Dances with Wolves" came along. I've probably seen that movie several dozen times by now, and it's just as moving today as it was the first time I saw it. I even bought the book by Michael Blake that was the basis for the movie, and honestly, the book was even better.
The Holy Road is the sequel to "Dances with Wolves." It is just as powerfully written, but of course the reality is that the Sioux were eventually forced onto reservations, and those who refused were hunted down and exterminated. That's history, and of course it makes for a very unhappy, if realistic, ending for this book. Nevertheless, if you want to follow the continuing adventures of Smiles a Lot, Wind in His Hair, Ten Bears, and the rest of the band, it's an engaging and fascinating read. Just be prepared for a serious reality check before it's over.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
In depth personalities
By D. Hunt
I loved "Dances With Wolves" the book and was excited to learn there was a sequel book "The Holy Road". In fact I started reading it immediately when I received it even though I was in the middle of another. "The Holy Road" gives us depth and insight into the life, thoughts and emotions of each character and that of the entire Comanche nation. It was a sad but enjoyable read....I could hardly put it down. This is a keeper for my library. I like to pass books on to others but I'm afraid I would never get this one back!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Worth reading for many reasons
By Nik Morton
The Holy Road is a beautifully written historical novel. Dances with Wolves was published in 1988, the film was released in 1991. Michael Blake wrote the screenplay to his novel, so it is naturally very faithful to the book, with a few exceptions (mentioned below). Blake took some fifteen years before he could put ink to paper to continue the story, and the sequel was published in 2001. Blake now states in the 2011 reprint (Zova Books), ‘Unfortunately, what took place with all, including John Dunbar and Stands With A Fist, has never been known by the vast majority of American readers.’ This seems incomprehensible, that for some reason the book didn’t reach the readers in 2001. I’ve chosen not to use the book title for the blog – I suspect that perhaps it doesn’t pull in readers. In effect, the Comanche are being asked to take the white man’s holy road, a road they have never travelled.
I hope this new version and publisher put that right, because the story is worth reading for many reasons.
Dances With Wolves is about the Comanche tribes, not the Sioux. Film producer Jim Wilson says in the Illustrated Story of the Film, ‘At first I had Oklahoma and Texas in mind (for filming), because the Indians in Michael’s novel were Comanche and they were indigenous to those areas… It was really the buffalo that pointed us toward South Dakota…’ Here, they found the largest private herd of buffalo in the world – 3,500 head. The added benefit of South Dakota was one of the largest Native American communities in the country, the Sioux. The Holy Road continues with the story of the Comanche.
The ending of the film is not the ending of the book; John Dunbar and Stands With A Fist don’t leave the tribe, but stay with them. The book however ended with the pall of inescapable doom looming on the horizon.
Throughout The Holy Road this doom of inevitability hovers. Yet the characters deflect thoughts of the heartbreak to come. We meet again Smiles A Lot, Ten Bears and Kicking Bird, and their personalities shine just as before. The book begins ten years after the events in Dances With Wolves.
For dramatic and historical reasons, Blake writes with an omniscient point of view and voice, which still transports us into the lost world and hearts and minds of the horse people. His prose is lyrical, and at times poetic, laced with heartache and humour.
Ten Bears is a prominent figure in this book, too. He feels impotent. ‘The Comanche and all they knew would be reduced to dust so fine that it could only be seen in a shaft of light before it settled on the earth.’
This is not the story about Dances With Wolves any more, but about his friends and his adopted tribe. It shows the coming of age of Smiles A Lot, and the confusion of a collision of two cultures through the eyes of Kicking Bird and Ten Bears.
We accompany Ten Bears and Kicking Bird to Washington where they witness the greatness of white man’s ingenuity and his absolute lack of respect for nature – as evinced in the slaughterhouse and the sewage system. While many Comanche agree to go into a reservation, others refuse and continue to fight, notably Wind In His Hair and Dances With Wolves…
The ending is sad, but we knew that before we began the book. Having read the book, however, we are enriched.
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