In an epistolary tale written from the perspective of fifteen-year-old Tess to her little sister, Zoe, who died accidentally on September 11, Tess struggles to overcome her family's personal tragedy against a backdrop of the larger events occurring in the nation, a situation that is complicated by Z[...]
The great Native American warriors and their resistance to the U.S. government in the war against the Plains Indians is a well-known chapter in the story of the American West. In the aftermath of the great resistance, as the Indian nations recovered from war, many figures loomed heroic, yet their st[...]