... Civil War around 1870. The main character is well established in the Choctaw lands before removal. He is very considerate and giving to his people and others. Lafferty describes Andrew Jackson as "the Devil of the Indians," because he was the president that started the actual removal process. The fascinating aspect of the book is, that anyone can come in touch ... on behalf of the Native Americans. It is written in a way that people enjoy reading. Lafferty researched this book very well. He has incorporated people like the fore mentioned Andrew Jackson. The confederate Indian agent Albe...

• Word Count: 2850
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the Caesarian his father is doing, which is an unusual cruel process as Dr. Adams makes no use of an anaesthetic (""No. I haven′t any anaesthetic", his father said" (IC 39)) and operates only with a jack-knife (""Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, tapered gut leaders"" (IC 41)). As one can imagine, this operation in ... ...

• Word Count: 5305
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• Grade Level: High School