Beyond the Vision

By Kay L. McDonald

Book Overview

In 1830 Ross Chesnut (White Eagle) leaves the Indians who raised him to follow his vision. In 1843 he marries a white woman in the Oregon Territory. In 1850 he loses his family to smallpox. In the spring of 1851, in BEYOND THE VISION, Ross heads east on the Oregon Trail with a young, half breed Indian woman who, like himself, is neither white, nor red. At Fort Laramie he is arrested for the murder of one of three men he agreed to guide to the fort and is released to Indian Agent Thomas Fitzpatrick on the pretext that Ross has agreed to be the agent for the Yanktonai tribe who raised him. With mixed emotions Ross takes on the job as agent. He is conflicted about the changes the treaty will bring and the greater conflicts his return to his Indian family will bring when he faces his life-long enemy in a power struggle to save his people and their culture in the face of the inevitable. At the same time, Ross faces a personal struggle to find a life and a family for himself between the forces threatening to destroy him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595309925
• ISBN13: 9780595309924
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Rugged outdoor action, rich with Indian and frontier lore.

White man, Ross Chesnut, after eighteen years separation, answers the call to 1850s Dakota Territory to try and save the Yanktonai Indians who raised him. Chesnut is an excellent, very human character as he deals with old enemies, sad memories, new hope and love. This is a gritty and at the same time poignant story that triumphs at the end.

Beyond The Vision

This book held my interest and I could hardly put it down. Itis one you can't anticipate the coming events. Each of Kay McDonald'sbooks in the series instills a desire to read each and every one ofthem.

The Vision of the Eagle

This book is part of a series of books that combines western expansion with a Native American perspective. Any history or light romance buff would enjoy this book and the rest of the series.