Small Light Of Discretion - Clayton, J Hoolihan
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Charles Wolfe Collins has been investigating various clandestine matters for influential Washington politicians since 1865, having been a confidential operative for General Grant during the War of the Rebellion. In late summer of 1879, he is sent upon a mission into Colorado to assess the disintegrating state of affairs between the mercenary ambitions of white men and the treaty prerogatives of Ute Indian peoples. Drawn into a quagmire of hired provocateurs, vitriolic newspaper propaganda, fraudulent government contractors, a delusionary Indian agent and the baffled frustration of irate Ute…mehr

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Charles Wolfe Collins has been investigating various clandestine matters for influential Washington politicians since 1865, having been a confidential operative for General Grant during the War of the Rebellion. In late summer of 1879, he is sent upon a mission into Colorado to assess the disintegrating state of affairs between the mercenary ambitions of white men and the treaty prerogatives of Ute Indian peoples. Drawn into a quagmire of hired provocateurs, vitriolic newspaper propaganda, fraudulent government contractors, a delusionary Indian agent and the baffled frustration of irate Ute chiefs, Charles Collins is charged with preventing a violent collision between U.S. cavalry troops and Ute warriors dedicated to protecting their families. Formidable economic and political interests are determined to contrive a situation within which the Ute people may be decisively eliminated while Collins seeks to unravel the tangle of deception, ultimately placing his trust in a fierce and mercurial war chief. Racing against time, they endeavor to disrupt the predictable outcome of an impending catastrophe.
Autorenporträt
Juliana "Hoolihan" Clayton is an indigenous woman of Turtle Island (First Nations Nehiyawak) who was adopted by a white family and raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. She has lived and worked with Native Americans and cowboys throughout the West during her years as a ranch hand and wild land firefighter. She has engaged in extensive research on various topics and has been published in western historical magazines, such as "True West" and "Wild West." Through her research, she has stumbled upon enigmas of the past and has accumulated abundant topics for a succession of detective stories pertaining to the 19th century American West. She has a degree in history and education from the University of Montana and it has long been her goal to create a series of novels that are entertaining, but at the same time rife with impeccable research and unique cultural perspectives on American history. Commendable Discretion is the first book of this series. "Throwing the hoolihan" is a technique that old time cowboys used for roping horses. It has been Juliana's nickname for many years