- Hardcover: 478 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684811529
- ISBN-13: 978-0684811529
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 885 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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- #43 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Westerns > Pioneer
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With this new historical Western, Larry McMurtry returns to the genre in which he created such memorable characters as Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call. In collaboration with Pretty Boy Floyd coauthor Diana Ossana, he dramatizes the Cherokee struggle for independence following the Civil War. Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie are the last Cherokee warriors, men of legend and history, whose fates are a consequence of such brutal policies as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the infamous Trail of Tears. They struggle to find honor in a harsh, violent land under the relentless pressure of white law and broken promises. Every bit as tough as their men, the women in Zeke and Ned are determined to raise their families and keep the two men alive--whatever it takes.
From Library Journal
McMurty and Ossana employ a technique they used successfully in Pretty Boy Floyd (LJ 9/1/94), in which a historical character of legendary proportions become the hero of a modern work of fiction. This work focuses on Zeke Proctor and Ned Christic, Cherokee Indians who became folk heroes in the Oklahoma Territory during the 1890s. Unforgiven wrongs that festered since the removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia in the 1830s become a moving force in the story of a casual love affair gone awry and the bloody feud and even bloodier legal actions that transpire when federal judges intervene. McMurty paints Zeke's courtship, murder trial, and marriage debacle with broad humor, and Ossana takes the story home with Ned's four-year standoff of armed federal marshals dispatched to take him dead or alive. A wonderfully readable historical novel that furthers the understanding of the Native-white disputes of the last century. Recommended for most collections.
-?Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale, Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-?Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale, Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"ZEKE'S PROBABLY GOT THE ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD THAT can walk sideways," Ned remarked to Tuxie Miller as they sat astride their horses, watching the cautious Zeke Proctor and his short, fat, black dog, Pete, sidestepping along in front of the dry goods store. Read the first page
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"ZEKE'S PROBABLY GOT THE ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD THAT can walk sideways," Ned remarked to Tuxie Miller as they sat astride their horses, watching the cautious Zeke Proctor and his short, fat, black dog, Pete, sidestepping along in front of the dry goods store. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and sad...just like real life,
By mwyrick (omaha, nebraska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zeke and Ned (Hardcover)
McMurtry (and Ossana) have done a convincing, compelling portrait of a life and time that I knew little about before reading this book. In fact, it made me curious for more...and I've gone on to read books about the Trail of Tears, and Oklahoma and its settling. This reads like a contemporary Mark Twainish type of novel, which makes it all the more entertaining. Lots of plot twists; lots of really interesting characters; just simple, great storytelling from a few masters. I'd recommend this for readers from young adult upwards. I've read most of McMurtry's books, and am always surprised at how much I feel for the characters by the end of their stories. By the time I finished reading Zeke and Ned, I was moved in ways I never expected! Highly recommended for all readers, young and old, midwestern or otherwise!!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautifully Crafted Web of History and Fiction,
By Hallie (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zeke and Ned (Mass Market Paperback)
I hate reading because nothing really interests me, but this book was about 500 pages and I read it in 6 days. When you first see the book and read a description, you think it's going to be a normal, boring historical fiction novel about Indians. I started the book with that assumption, but my mindset was changed immediately after I finished the first page. The book incorporates a few historical facts (i.e. the Trail of Tears) and an interesting set of characters (Traditional Cherokee Indians, Christian Cherokee Indians, Brutal and friendly whites Americans, bootleggers, Cherokee politicians and many more). It has many different conflicts, including conflicts between whites and Indians NOT ON THE BATTLE FIELD (as normally portrayed), but in legal issues and moral differences. There are also comparisons between different types of marraiges and family orientations between Indian families. Although the book isn't totally historically accurate, it doesn't matter because it is Larry McMurtry's own developed characters put into the bodies and lives of a handful of Cherokee Indians and their white rivals.The plot never stops. Every page is full of interesting details about the lives of these 1850's characters, and there are so many conflicts going on that you're kept interested through the whole book. There are just enough conflicts that you don't focus on one too much and get bored with it, and that there aren't too many that you get confused. Just the right pinch of clashes to keep you involved and wondering what happens next. Each different sub-plot has to do witha different aspect of western life, whether it be marraige, legal issues, bootlegging, family development, sicknesses and diseases, safety, and government. At least one sub-plot will make you want to read through the whole book! I can't stop expressing how amazing this book was and how great of a writer Larry McMurtry is. I recommend strongly that you go out and read this book because it will keep you interested and you will enjoy it!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not McMurtry's best...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Zeke and Ned (Mass Market Paperback)
Not a bad story, but I wonder when McMurtry is going to get the guts to write a novel all by himself again.The story was interesting, but not as entertaining as some of the others he has done. This book also uses the word, "Vexing" or an offshoot of that, more than any book I've ever read...
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