The Apache Life as it was
actually lived
Witness the creation of a
new American Indian hero
in "Ulzana", James R.
Olson's award winning
novel.
Olson has rediscovered a true
Indian hero, a Chiricahua Apache
warrior who epitomizes the best
qualities of his tribe-courage,
strength, and above all, a great
knowledge and understanding of
nature's world.
The Apache life-way in this
story is presented as it had
actually been lived-the way
Ulzana really experienced it.
The novel traces Ulzana's life from
his birth in the rugged Dragoon
Mountains of Arizona, through his
childhood, his training as a
warrior, and his life as a husband
and father.
Now a new enemy invades
Apache lands from the east, an
enemy who will prove too
numerous and tenacious for
the Chiricahua to resist.
After reading Morris Edward Opler's definitive
anthropological work, "An Apache Lifeway",
which was based on interviews with Apaches
who remembered how they had lived, loved,
and worshipped before the Americans
corrupted their life-way, Olson realized much
of what he had believed about Apaches
Olson decided to create a
novel that described the
Apache's lifestyle as it had
actually been lived.
"Ulzana" is part of a three
books series Olson wrote
about the Chiricahua
Apaches.
"Brother" deals with the Spanish
missionary period, "Ulzana" covers
the American Indian Wars, and
"Injun" presents the unique final
disposition of the Chiricahua
Apaches after the Indian Wars.
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