The Crossed Sabres

Name: The Crossed Sabres
Rating: 4.5 (111 reviews)

by Gilbert Morris Book 13 in the House of Winslow series.

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Tom Winslow survives the Civil War and the collapse of his marriage, then takes his young daughter Laurie west in search of a life that will not be governed by either experience. He accepts employment with the Department of Indian Affairs on the northern plains, placing him inside a system where federal policy, military power and Native communities meet uneasily.

Tom’s work forces him to judge claims made by settlers, officials and soldiers while trying to protect his daughter from another cycle of violence. The novel places personal recovery against the Indian Wars of the American West, showing how a veteran who wants peace is drawn into conflicts produced by expansion, broken agreements and incompatible demands for the same land.