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Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

9 reviews
James Alexander Thom

Ballantine Books, 2001

Among the finest historical novels I've read.
This was one of the most captivating adventures I've read about in a long time. I'm a slow reader, and enjoy savoring the details of a good book, but still surprised myself as I finished this in (for me) record time. J. A. Thom's intensely sensitive portrayal of the conflicted and insightful soul of Lewis and Clark's half Shawnee, half French communicator and hunter, George Drouillard, made the ...