Sioux Dawn

The Fetterman Massacre, 1866

By: Terry C. Johnston

Narrated by: Ed Asner

This historically accurate tale describes one of the worst military disasters ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains.

At the end of the Civil War, a tremendous stream of soldiers and settlers began moving westward along the Bozeman Trail, cutting deep into sacred Sioux hunting grounds. For Red Cloud and his warriors, a bloody fight to retain their ancestral homeland proved inevitable. Brash Captain William J. Fetterman leads his troops into battle with the angry natives, while frightened white settlers anxiously await the outcome of the fight. The Fetterman Massacre of 1866 marked the tragic opening to one of the longest and most dramatic wars in history. Told from the perspective of the gruff Seamus Donegan, this historically accurate tale describes the massacre in vivid detail.

©1994 Terry C. Johnston (P)1994 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The author's attention to detail and authenticity, coupled with his ability to spin a darned good yarn, makes it easy to see why Johnston is today's best-selling frontier novelist. He's one of a handful that truly knows the territory." (Chicago Tribune)

Good account of the Indian wars

How and why the the wars wear fought. Good character descriptions of many real people. Visit the remains of the real Jim Bridget fort and bring it alive.

Very Good Read

I enjoyed this book real and would like to see more books by Terry C. Johnston. I would like for Audible to carry more books by him.
The story held my interest too the very in.

Almost Inaudible

What did you like best about Sioux Dawn? What did you like least?

A potentially great story to be told ruined by a pathetic delivery. Fetterman's Massacre was
massacred by the poor narration. It deserved better.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

See above

Great story

The story is fantastic but the accents make it a hard a listen it’s sad that our country couldn’t find a more equitable solution to the Indian problem.

bad narration

too many voice changes. volume goes up and down. too hard to follow the story