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A review by pinenoodle
Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars by Ethan Hawke
2.0
This might be a high 2, or even a three on some days. But I just could not get into this as a story. The characters were remote from the reader, at least as individuals. There certainly is insight into the general view point of Cochise's band.
But lacking well told characters, we're left with a take on history. Having poked around (I have no expertise myself), my impression is that, in broad outline the history is good (at least significantly better that much of what has appeared before), but there are, apparently many minor errors. Granted, I really only found one person dissecting the history, and a couple more Indian sources praising it generally, so I wish I could find more historical reviews.
Perhaps I am being somewhat harsh because at the same time as I'm reading this, I am also reading Fool's Crow by James Welch, an Indian author. The book is about a different group, but at the same period and facing the encroaching of American society and government (I picked this up in the middle of that, because this is for a book club). And, I have to say, that Indeh pales in comparison, especially when it comes to the characters it follows. In addition, Fools Crow, unlike this, follows those Indians who have decided that, as much as they wish they could fight off the American government, it would be foolhardy. And that's at least as interesting a perspective (there are some bands briefly seen in Indeh who do this), and one that I haven't encountered before.
But lacking well told characters, we're left with a take on history. Having poked around (I have no expertise myself), my impression is that, in broad outline the history is good (at least significantly better that much of what has appeared before), but there are, apparently many minor errors. Granted, I really only found one person dissecting the history, and a couple more Indian sources praising it generally, so I wish I could find more historical reviews.
Perhaps I am being somewhat harsh because at the same time as I'm reading this, I am also reading Fool's Crow by James Welch, an Indian author. The book is about a different group, but at the same period and facing the encroaching of American society and government (I picked this up in the middle of that, because this is for a book club). And, I have to say, that Indeh pales in comparison, especially when it comes to the characters it follows. In addition, Fools Crow, unlike this, follows those Indians who have decided that, as much as they wish they could fight off the American government, it would be foolhardy. And that's at least as interesting a perspective (there are some bands briefly seen in Indeh who do this), and one that I haven't encountered before.