The Contract Surgeon

The Contract Surgeon by Dan O'Brien

A factually researched historical novel that describes, with documented preamble, the last day of the life of Crazy Horse, perhaps the most charismatic holy man and war chief of any North American Indian heritage.

Dan O'Brien weaves his own fictional detail through the mostly true story of why Crazy Horse fought for his people and why he had to die for them as well.  Mysteries and secrets kept hidden by the War Department are revealed in the way a modern thriller of total fiction might be expected to hold your attention.

It's a short read at only 221 pages, but you will never consider the US-Northern Plains Indian War in the same light again. As someone similarly said just a few decades ago: What if we actually all could get along?

-Ken